A Creative Writing Handbook: Developing Dramatic Technique, Individual Style and VoiceA. & C. Black, 2009 - 415 páginas Packed with stimulating writing exercises, numerous quotes and over 30 extracts from literature across a wide variety of genres, this book will both inspire and assist anyone interested in creative writing. The book can be followed as a complete course or dipped into as desired. |
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... theme and how it might hold together a sequence of shorter pieces of writing . O'Connor's definition of a theme ' what you think about human beings ' - is a good one to hold on to : a theme is an exploration of how humans behave , of ...
... theme and how it might hold together a sequence of shorter pieces of writing . O'Connor's definition of a theme ' what you think about human beings ' - is a good one to hold on to : a theme is an exploration of how humans behave , of ...
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... themes . At first , these projected pieces may seem separated , but because you are writing about the same life , and on the same subjects , you may see a theme emerging . The words themselves do not constitute themes . ' Money ' , for ...
... themes . At first , these projected pieces may seem separated , but because you are writing about the same life , and on the same subjects , you may see a theme emerging . The words themselves do not constitute themes . ' Money ' , for ...
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... theme in fiction , non - fiction , drama and poetry sequences . The novelist Nigel Watts compares theme to ' a unifying thread , a line of thought that leads through a story upon which the plot events are strung like beads ' ( Watts ...
... theme in fiction , non - fiction , drama and poetry sequences . The novelist Nigel Watts compares theme to ' a unifying thread , a line of thought that leads through a story upon which the plot events are strung like beads ' ( Watts ...
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Conflict and contrast | 14 |
Vision and revision | 28 |
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