Creative writing : a guide and glossary to fiction writing / Colin Bulman

By:

Bulman, Colin [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Polity Press, c2007Description: v, 249 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9780745636870

Subject(s):

LITERARY PRECEPTIVE

LOC classification:

PN 147 .B933 2007

Contents:

Introduction -- Creative Writing: The Glossary and Guide (A-Z) -- Further reading .

Summary: This book defines fictional techniques and guides the potential writer in their use. It may spark off ideas for stories and novels and provide first aid for failing stories. A story's ending may come as a surprise to the reader, suspense may have the reader on the edge of the seat, and conflict may lead to unbearable excitement. It is the job of the writer to create these effects and this book illustrates how it is done. The book is for students doing creative writing in higher education and at A-level. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in writing fiction.

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Introduction -- Creative Writing: The Glossary and Guide (A-Z) -- Further reading .

This book defines fictional techniques and guides the potential writer in their use. It may spark off ideas for stories and novels and provide first aid for failing stories. A story's ending may come as a surprise to the reader, suspense may have the reader on the edge of the seat, and conflict may lead to unbearable excitement. It is the job of the writer to create these effects and this book illustrates how it is done. The book is for students doing creative writing in higher education and at A-level. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in writing fiction.

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