Elements of Creative Writing
Schraffenberger, J.D.
Elements of Creative Writing J.D. Schraffenberger - 1 online resource - Open textbook library. .
Introduction -- Fiction -- Chapter One: One Great Way to Write a Short Story -- Chapter Two: Plotting -- Chapter Three: Counterpointed Plotting -- Chapter Four: Show and Tell -- Chapter Five: Characterization and Method Writing -- Chapter Six: Character and Dialouge -- Chapter Seven: Setting, Stillness, and Voice -- Chapter Eight: Point of View -- Chapter Nine: Learning the Unwritten Rules -- Poetry -- Chapter One: A Poetry State of Mind -- Chapter Two: The Architecture of a Poem -- Chapter Three: Sound -- Chapter Four: Inspiration and Risk -- Chapter Five: Endings and Beginnings -- Chapter Six: Figurative Language -- Chapter Seven: Forms, Forms, Forms -- Chapter Eight: Go to the Image -- Chapter Nine: The Difficult Simplicity of Short Poems and Killing Darlings -- Creative Nonfiction -- Chapter One: Creative Nonfiction and the Essay -- Chapter Two: Truth and Memory, Truth in Memory -- Chapter Three: Research and History -- Chapter Four: Writing Environments -- Chapter Five: Notes on Style -- Chapter Six: Figurative Language -- Chapter Seven: Imagery and the Senses -- Chapter Eight: Writing the Body -- Chapter Nine: Forms -- Back Matter -- Authors -- Contributors -- North American Review Staff
This free and open access textbook introduces new writers to some basic elements of the craft of creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The authors—Rachel Morgan, Jeremy Schraffenberger, and Grant Tracey—are editors of the North American Review, the oldest and one of the most well-regarded literary magazines in the United States. They’ve selected nearly all of the readings and examples (more than 60) from writing that has appeared in NAR pages over the years. Because they had a hand in publishing these pieces originally, their perspective as editors permeates this book. As such, they hope that even seasoned writers might gain insight into the aesthetics of the magazine as they analyze and discuss some reasons this work is so remarkable—and therefore teachable. This project was supported by NAR staff and funded via the UNI Textbook Equity Mini-Grant Program.
In English.
9780915996179
Humanities--Textbooks
Rhetoric--Textbooks
PE1408
Elements of Creative Writing J.D. Schraffenberger - 1 online resource - Open textbook library. .
Introduction -- Fiction -- Chapter One: One Great Way to Write a Short Story -- Chapter Two: Plotting -- Chapter Three: Counterpointed Plotting -- Chapter Four: Show and Tell -- Chapter Five: Characterization and Method Writing -- Chapter Six: Character and Dialouge -- Chapter Seven: Setting, Stillness, and Voice -- Chapter Eight: Point of View -- Chapter Nine: Learning the Unwritten Rules -- Poetry -- Chapter One: A Poetry State of Mind -- Chapter Two: The Architecture of a Poem -- Chapter Three: Sound -- Chapter Four: Inspiration and Risk -- Chapter Five: Endings and Beginnings -- Chapter Six: Figurative Language -- Chapter Seven: Forms, Forms, Forms -- Chapter Eight: Go to the Image -- Chapter Nine: The Difficult Simplicity of Short Poems and Killing Darlings -- Creative Nonfiction -- Chapter One: Creative Nonfiction and the Essay -- Chapter Two: Truth and Memory, Truth in Memory -- Chapter Three: Research and History -- Chapter Four: Writing Environments -- Chapter Five: Notes on Style -- Chapter Six: Figurative Language -- Chapter Seven: Imagery and the Senses -- Chapter Eight: Writing the Body -- Chapter Nine: Forms -- Back Matter -- Authors -- Contributors -- North American Review Staff
This free and open access textbook introduces new writers to some basic elements of the craft of creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The authors—Rachel Morgan, Jeremy Schraffenberger, and Grant Tracey—are editors of the North American Review, the oldest and one of the most well-regarded literary magazines in the United States. They’ve selected nearly all of the readings and examples (more than 60) from writing that has appeared in NAR pages over the years. Because they had a hand in publishing these pieces originally, their perspective as editors permeates this book. As such, they hope that even seasoned writers might gain insight into the aesthetics of the magazine as they analyze and discuss some reasons this work is so remarkable—and therefore teachable. This project was supported by NAR staff and funded via the UNI Textbook Equity Mini-Grant Program.
In English.
9780915996179
Humanities--Textbooks
Rhetoric--Textbooks
PE1408