The practice of creative writing : a guide for students /
Sellers, Heather, 1964-
The practice of creative writing : a guide for students / Heather Sellers - Fourth edition - xxiii, 518 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-503) and index
Preface for instructors -- Introduction: How creative writing works -- Part one. Foundations: Finding focus ; Reading as a writer; Creating from components -- Part two. Strategies: Images ; Energy ; Tension ; Pattern ; Insight ; Shape -- Part three. Forms: Finding form -- Part four. The Writing life: Reaching readers. Writing resources
"When it comes to writing, The Practice of Creative Writing has a simple message: you can do this, and it's worthwhile to try. Designed for students in the introductory course, The Practice of Creative Writing teaches writers how to trust their own voice, experiment with form, and develop a writing process that allows them to spend more productive time at the desk. Rather than locking into one genre early, writers are encouraged to work among and in between genres and to focus on creating a writing practice that privileges close observation, patience, and techniques of pattern, energy, and shape. Each chapter begins with objectives for that module. Prompts and writing practices are carefully sequenced. Every chapter ends with both genre-specific writing projects alongside hybrid and experimental prompts. The readings included in this new edition invite students to experience an even wider range of innovative and new literatures. A new chapter on creative ways to approach revision as a shaping practice engaged throughout the writing process helps students work harder on their writing."--
1319215955 9781319215958
College readers
Creative writing--Problems, exercises, etc
English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc
PE1408 / .S457 2021
The practice of creative writing : a guide for students / Heather Sellers - Fourth edition - xxiii, 518 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-503) and index
Preface for instructors -- Introduction: How creative writing works -- Part one. Foundations: Finding focus ; Reading as a writer; Creating from components -- Part two. Strategies: Images ; Energy ; Tension ; Pattern ; Insight ; Shape -- Part three. Forms: Finding form -- Part four. The Writing life: Reaching readers. Writing resources
"When it comes to writing, The Practice of Creative Writing has a simple message: you can do this, and it's worthwhile to try. Designed for students in the introductory course, The Practice of Creative Writing teaches writers how to trust their own voice, experiment with form, and develop a writing process that allows them to spend more productive time at the desk. Rather than locking into one genre early, writers are encouraged to work among and in between genres and to focus on creating a writing practice that privileges close observation, patience, and techniques of pattern, energy, and shape. Each chapter begins with objectives for that module. Prompts and writing practices are carefully sequenced. Every chapter ends with both genre-specific writing projects alongside hybrid and experimental prompts. The readings included in this new edition invite students to experience an even wider range of innovative and new literatures. A new chapter on creative ways to approach revision as a shaping practice engaged throughout the writing process helps students work harder on their writing."--
1319215955 9781319215958
College readers
Creative writing--Problems, exercises, etc
English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc
PE1408 / .S457 2021