Creative writing / Maggie Hamand

Includes index.

INTRODUCTION -- PART 1: GETTING STARTED -- CHAPTER 1: You and Your Writing -- CHAPTER 2: Getting into the Write Mindset -- CHAPTER 3: Finding Material to Work With -- PART 2: INTRODUCING THE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE WRITING -- CHAPTER 4: Creating Characters -- CHAPTER 5: Giving Characters a Voice with Dialogue -- CHAPTER 6: Choosing a Narrator -- CHAPTER 7: Describing Your World -- CHAPTER 8: Plotting Your Way -- CHAPTER 9: Setting Up a Solid Structure -- CHAPTER 10: From Drafting to Rewriting and Editing: Making Your Work Shine -- PART 3: WRITING FICTION -- CHAPTER 11: When Less is More: Crafting Short Stories -- CHAPTER 12: Writing the Novel -- CHAPTER 13: Once Upon a Time: Writing for Children -- CHAPTER 14: Penning Plays -- CHAPTER 15: Writing Screenplays -- CHAPTER 16: Rhymes and Reasons: Writing Poetry -- PART 4: EXPLORING NONFICTION -- CHAPTER 17: Breaking into Journalism -- CHAPTER 18: Writing from Life: Giving a Voice to the Past -- CHAPTER 19: Crafting Narrative Nonfiction -- CHAPTER 20: Travel Writing: Tales for Armchair Explorers -- CHAPTER 21: All About Blogging -- PART 5: FINDING AN AUDIENCE -- CHAPTER 22: Finding Professionals to Publish Your Book -- CHAPTER 23: Staying in Control with Self-Publishing -- CHAPTER 24: Becoming a Professional -- PART 6: THE PART OF TENS -- CHAPTER 25: Ten Top Tips for Writers -- CHAPTER 26: Ten Ways to Get Noticed -- INDEX.

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