The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing, 2nd Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (679 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592572065 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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You don't have to be a complete idiot to glean something from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing, but it would help to be a complete novice. Whew! There is a lot of useful information here, but any given section tends toward the basic. . The tone is perky and enthusiastic, slaphappy funny, and trying a little too hard to be hip--has poetry's place in the world really "changed more radically than Dennis Rodman's hair color"? Interesting tidbits gleaned: Margaret Mitchell originally planned to call Scarlett, the protagonist in Gone with the Wind, Pansy; John McPhee "accumulated fifteen years of New Yorker rejections before the magazine began buying his articles." Best quirky advice: if you're a romance novelist looking for a pseudonym, try combining the name of your first pet and your mother's maiden name; if you're a soap opera scriptwr
Truly a valuable guide in the Creative Writing adventure I have read several book that purport to being superior, the end-all, the best, everything you need to know But this book is so straight forward, with examples given for every facet of writing that is discussed, that, in my humble opinion, is the easiest, most enjoyable and well laid out guide to get yo. "Empowering for new writers!" according to Frankie Avalon Wolfe. I am an author myself and was inspired by the author's uplifting and empowering attitude toward the reader. She helps you with not only practical information on writing, but gave me plenty of insight on how the whole publishing industry works! Thanks for this one--it goes perfectly with The Complete Idi. Nice resource for beginning writers As someone who is thinking of writing both fiction and non-fiction, I found this book to have lots of good information about how and where to start writing. From writing fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenplays and the like, the author offers a lot of good information. I'm also a technical writer and o
A creative writing class in a book-REVISED. Major revisions take this popular Complete Idiot's Guide to a new level- offering readers a better way to unlock their creativity from the first page. Exercises help them explore their talents and experiment with different genres and forms of writing, including short stories, narrative fiction, memoirs, magazine articles, poetry, drama, blogging, and freewriting.
Dr. Laurie E. Rozakis has published dozens of books, including Shaum’s Quick Guide to Writing Research Papers, Study Skills for the Utterly Confused, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Grammar and Style. She is a full professor of English and humanities at State University of New York at Farmingdale, and ha