Enhancing writing skills / edited by Oluwakemi Elufiede, Tina Murray, and Carrie J. Boden-McGill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elufiede, Oluwakemi, editor.

Murray, Tina, editor.

Boden, Carrie J., editor.

Carnegie Writers, Inc., issuing body.

Series:

Adult learning in professional, organizational, and community settings.

Adult learning in professional, organizational, and community settings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative writing--Study and teaching--Congresses.

Creative writing.

Adult education--Congresses.

Adult education.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Enhancing Writing Skills includes conference presentation papers from the Carnegie Writers, Inc. 1st Annual Conference. The anthology provides published and aspiring writers resources for sustaining, enhancing and evaluating their writing skills. The chapter themes focus on genre-based writing, creativity in writing, mechanics of writing, academic writing, and writing as a business. Enhancing writing skills is beneficial to diverse writers as it impacts the community, working, and educational environments. Anthology goals and ojbjectives: - Enable writers to learn from other writers for the development of networking relationships and professional development. - Assist writers with techniques on sustaining their writing talents in their chosen genre or various genres. - Provide meaningful publishing resources related to non-traditional and traditional publication venues. - Enhance writers understanding for marketing strategies in the 21st century.

Contents:

Foreword : creative upwelling / Mary Buckner

Some essentials of poetry, in no particular order / David M. Harris

How poetry and lyrics are different / Lisa Aschmann

Writing historical fiction / George Spain

Researching the novel / Patricia H. Quinlan

The connection between brain science and written expression / Oluwakemi Elufi ede

A transcultural perspective of creativity in academic writing / Emmanuel Jean Francois and Carrie J. Boden-McGill

A sense of wonder : why every creative writer needs one / Tina Murray

Academic literacy and the creative writer : why should anyone care what theorists have to say about creativity and literature? / Joseph Ballantyne

Academic writing : expanding your creative writing through use of the library / Janet Walsh

Speaking your truth : freedom and authority in an era of independent publishing / Candy Paull

In the eye of the beholder / Carissa Barker-Stucky

Lightning and the lightning bug : why language matters and how to make it work for you / Beth Terrell

As clear as mud : the correct usage of metaphors, similes, and idioms / Jamie Hughes.

Notes:

"The themes of this book are based on those from the inaugural conference of The Carnegie Writers, Inc., held November 14, 2015 in Nashville, TN"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-68123-358-4

OCLC:

936880082