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Unlock your creative potential and write something special

Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you--and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you're ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you'll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer.

Discover the essential elements of storytelling, including structure, characterization, setting, dialogue, and plot, as you navigate the countless ways you can express yourself with the written word. Explore the media and methods you can use to help find an audience--from traditional to self-publishing, social media, blogging, and more!

Creative Writing For Dummies also shows you how to:

  • Write in all sorts of different formats, including screenplays, scripts, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and beyond
  • Navigate the world of social media and learn how it can contribute to getting your work read by more people in more places
  • Understand the new, online nature of contemporary journalism and the proliferation of news and blogging sites

A can't-miss roadmap to getting your first--or hundred-and-first--story, poem, or script committed to paper, Creative Writing For Dummies is an essential read for aspiring, amateur, and professional writers everywhere.

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Unlock your creativity and choose the genre of writing that suits you best

Do you have an idea that you're burning to get down on paper? Do you want to document your travels to far-flung places, or write a few stanzas of poetry? Whether you dream of being a novelist, a travel writer, a poet, a playwright or a columnist, Creative Writing For Dummies shows you how to unlock your creativity and choose the genre of writing that suits you best. Walking you through characterisation, setting, dialogue and plot, as well as giving expert insights into both fiction and non-fiction, it's the ideal launching pad to the world of creative writing.

Creative Writing For Dummies covers:

Part I: Getting started

  • Chapter 1: Can Everyone Write?
  • Chapter 2: Getting into the Write Mind
  • Chapter 3: Finding the Material to work with

Part II: The Elements of Creative Writing

  • Chapter 4: Creating Characters
  • Chapter 5: Discovering Dialogue
  • Chapter 6: Who is telling the story?
  • Chapter 7: Creating your own world
  • Chapter 8: Plotting your way
  • Chapter 9: Creating a Structure
  • Chapter 10: Rewriting and editing

Part III: Different Kinds of Fiction Writing

  • Chapter 11: Short stories
  • Chapter 12: Novels
  • Chapter 13: Writing for children
  • Chapter 14: Plays
  • Chapter 15: Screenplays
  • Chapter 16: Poetry

Part IV: Different kinds of Non-fiction writing

  • Chapter 17: Breaking into journalism - Writing articles/ magazine writing
  • Chapter 18: Writing from life and autobiography
  • Chapter 19: Embroidering the facts: Narrative non-fiction
  • Chapter 20: Exploring the world from your armchair - Travel writing
  • Chapter 21: Blogging - the new big thing

Part V: Finding an audience

  • Chapter 22: Finding editors/ publishers/ agents
  • Chapter 23: Becoming a professional

Part VI: Part of Tens

  • Chapter 24: Ten top tips for writers
  • Chapter 25: Ten ways to get noticed


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470742914
  • Publisher: For Dummies
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Depth: 19
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Uk Edition
  • Width: 185 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0470742917
  • Publisher Date: 24 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: UK Edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 706 gr


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