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Creative Writing For Dummies by Maggie Hamand EPUB

Unlock your creative potential and write something special.

Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you—and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you’re ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you’ll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer.

Discover the essential elements of storytelling, including structure, characterization, setting, dialogue, and plot, as you navigate the countless ways you can express yourself with the written word. Explore the media and methods you can use to help find an audience—from traditional to self-publishing, social media, blogging, and more!

Creative Writing For Dummies also shows you how to:
Write in all sorts of different formats, including screenplays, scripts, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and beyond
Navigate the world of social media and learn how it can contribute to getting your work read by more people in more places
Understand the new, online nature of contemporary journalism and the proliferation of news and blogging sites

A can’t-miss roadmap to getting your first—or hundred-and-first—story, poem, or script committed to paper, Creative Writing For Dummies is an essential read for aspiring, amateur, and professional writers everywhere.


Table of contents

Part 1. Getting Started

1. You and Your Writing
2. Getting into the Write Mindset
3. Finding Material to Work With

Part 2. Introducing the Elements of Creative Writing

4. Creating Characters
5. Giving Characters a Voice with Dialogue
6. Choosing a Narrator
7. Describing Your World
8. Plotting Your Way
9. Setting Up a Solid Structure
10. From Drafting to Rewriting and Editing: Making Your Work Shine

Part 3. Writing Fiction

11. When Less is More: Crafting Short Stories
12. Writing the Novel
13. Once Upon a Time: Writing for Children
14. Penning Plays
15. Writing Screenplays
16. Rhymes and Reasons: Writing Poetry

Part 4. Exploring Nonfiction

17. Breaking into Journalism
18. Writing from Life: Giving a Voice to the Past
19. Crafting Narrative Nonfiction
20. Travel Writing: Tales for Armchair Explorers
21. All About Blogging

Part 5. Finding an Audience

22. Finding Professionals to Publish Your Book
23. Staying in Control with Self-Publishing
24. Becoming a Professional

Part 6. The Part of Tens

25. Ten Top Tips for Writers
26. Ten Ways to Get Noticed

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