A Guide to Creative Writing and the Imagination.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saknussemm, Kris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Composition and exercises.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Place of Publication:

Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Summary:

Teaching creative writing for the multicultural, global, and digital generation, this volume offers a fresh approach for enhancing core writing skills in the major forms of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama. This book provides students with organic, active learning through imitation and examples which not only emphasize writing and reading but look to other art forms for inspiration.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introductory Parable

Part 1: Going Wokabout

Purpose and Plan

Fevering Forward

A Multimedia Artist Reflects

What to Pack?

Three Spiral Paths

Headwaters

New Ways for New Days

Reflections on Publishing from an Agent's Point of View

Key Takeout Points

Learning by Imitation

Part 2: Gaining Perspective

Live the Map

Present Tense, Future Tenser?

Of a Fire in the Mind

The Basic Writing Point of View

The Unfortunate Perspective of Regret

Pop Mind Calisthenic

A Critical Point of View

Found in Translation

People, Place, and Language

Race, Language, and Culture

Public Health, Private Healing

In Conversation with Leland Cheuk

Part 3: Aerial View

An Underlying Unity

The Subject is Always ...

Why Should YOU Write?

What to Write About

Imagery

Subjects / Themes / Premises / Concepts

Titles

Characters

Setting

Plot

Voice / Style

Narrative Perspective

Conflicts

Suspense / Surprise

Tone

Transitions

Grammar

Accuracy & Ethos (Authorial Authority / Credibility)

Revision

Well Made Things (Holistic Care)

Important General Concepts

What Makes Coherence?

Part 4: Tactical Resources

Quick Think Exercises

Memory Arcade (The Listening Memory Method)

Word Arcade

Part 5: The Writing Program

Poetry

Fiction

Drama (Writing for Performance)

Nonfiction

Part 6: Spiral Mind (Not Yet Arrived)

Imagination in Context

Alertness (Alive & Now)

The Mystery of Memory

Exercising Memory

A Welcome Ambush: Join the Surprise Party!

The General Method

Some Case Studies: Imagination Performed

Annexes

From Revision to Evolution

Seven Essential Points for Writers

Write About What You Know and Be Confined ...

Truth, Memory, and the Right to Your Own Life

The Discipline

Recommended World Reading

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibligraphical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-000-53832-X

1-00-314069-6

1-003-14069-6

9781003140696

OCLC:

1269507998