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Description Written by bestselling author Janet Burroway, Imaginative Writing, 4E—an introduction to creative writing—covers all four genres: creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama. Imaginative Writing discusses elements of craft common to all creative writing before delving into the individual genres. After an introduction, the next five chapters each investigate a specific element of craft–Image, Voice, Character, Setting, and Story–from a perspective that crosses all genres. Integrated readings from talented and renowned writers illustrate the chapter topics. Chapter 7 explores development and revision and serves as a bridge between the craft chapters and the genre chapters–Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama.
This unique organization allows students to experiment with creative techniques shared by all genres before deciding which form best suits their imagination. Unique 'Try-This' exercises help students develop writing skills, while “Working Toward a Draft” exercises encourage students to think ahead about the direction and possibilities of their work. Imaginative Writing offers an attractive, trade-format book at an affordable price. Top-down organization addresses elements of craft (Image, Voice, Character, Setting, and Story) in the first part of the text while the second part explores specific genres (Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama). This format helps students understand the various creative techniques shared by all forms of imaginative writing before concentrating on individual genres. “Warm-Up” exercises are chapter-opening writing exercises intended to captivate new writers through visual inspiration.
'Try-This' exercises appear throughout each chapter. Provocative and fun, these exercises help students develop the specific writing skills discussed within the text. “Working toward a draft” exercises encourage students to develop their ideas into complete drafts. 70 complete readings in the four genres are integrated into the chapters. An appendix outlines the basic elements of Prosody (the study of versification), including the major units of sound and meter, the principles of rhyme, and common stanza patterns. New selections.
Nearly half of the selections in all four genres are new to this edition, including: o New selections in Creative Nonfiction by Aleksandar Hemon, David Sedaris, Michael Chabon, and others. O New selections in Fiction from Jamaica Kincaid, Ursula Le Guin, Edith Pearlman, George Saunders, Tobias Wolff, Richard Bausch, and others. O New selections in Poetry by Alicia Ostriker, Erin Belieu, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Kaylin Haught, John Freeman, and others. O New selections in Drama from Will Dunne, Joe DiPietro, Molly Campbell, and Chuck O’Connor.
New section in poetry chapter. An expanded section on Poetry with more than a dozen “Try This” exercises to guide the writer through the process of drafting and revising a poem.
Refined drama chapter. An expanded section on Drama outlining the construction of a dramatic scene through a character’s goal, objective, and strategy, and the concept of a dramatic beat. New visual inspiration. New photos at the beginning of each chapter to provide fresh “Warm-Up” exercises.
Expanded writing opportunities. New “Try This” exercises throughout.
Online manual. An online manual in Collaborative Exercises offering the instructor a variety of right-brain exercises drawn from various disciplines. About the Author(s) JANET BURROWAY is the author of plays, poetry, essays, children’s books, and eight novels including The Buzzards, Raw Silk (runner up for the National Book Award), Opening Nights, Cutting Stone, and Bridge of Sand. Her other publications include a collection of personal essays, Embalming Mom, in addition to a volume of poetry, Material Goods, and three children’s books in verse, The Truck on the Track, The Giant Jam Sandwich, and The Perfect Pig. Her plays Medea with Child (The Reva Shiner Award), Sweepstakes, Division of Property (Arts & Letters Award), and Parts of Speech have received readings and productions in New York, London, San Francisco, Hollywood, Chicago, and various regional theaters.
Her textbook Writing Fiction, now in its ninth edition, is the most widely used creative writing text in the United States. Her most recent books are a memoir, Losing Tim, and a collection of essays she has edited, A Story Larger Than My Own: Women Writers Look Back on Their Lives and Careers. She is Robert O.
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Janet Burroway, 'Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (3rd Edition) Harpercollins College Div 3rd Edition 1992 ISBN: siPDF 397 pages 6.6 MB This comprehensive, informal, practical guide/anthology approaches the elements of fiction from the writer's point of view. Writing Fiction includes freewriting to revision, addressing how writers must work through problems in plot, style, characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, imagery, and point of view to write exciting and fresh stories. The tone of this market-leading text is non-prescriptive and personal, helping students feel comfortable with themselves and their writing. A widely used guide to narrative craft, Writing Fiction is an elegant, informal, and practical text/anthology.
In its third edition, it continues to range from intuitive freewriting to revision, treat the elements of fiction from the writers point of view, and offer solutions to structure, imagery, and style. Important features in the third edition include:. Chapters analyzing the elements of fiction that include short examples from published and unpublished work and 25 whole stories that illustrate narrative craft. Suggestions for discussion that include retrospective questions linking stories back to elements discussed earlier. Exercises after each chapter geared to helping the student face the situations and problems fiction writers face in each area. A new chapter on revision that includes what to look for.