Creative writing and stylistics : creative and critical approaches / Jeremy Scott

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Style, composition, creative practice -- 1. Seeing through language -- 2. Building blocks I: s grammar of creative writing -- 3. Building Blocks II: narrative and structure (story narratology) -- 4. Through the looking glass: who sees? who tells? (discourse narratology) -- 5. Writing voices: presenting speech and thought -- 6. Creating a world: text-world theory and cognitive poetics -- 7. Creative writing: figurative language -- 8. Meaning and play: metaphor -- 9. Creating soundscapes: rhythm and meter, sound and sense.

Exploring the practice of writing through stylistics, Jeremy Scott draws on the work of writers and theorists to show how stylistic techniques can help writers enhance their own fiction. Negotiating the creative-critical crossover, this book helps students develop practical writing skills and a critical awareness of creative possibilities.