No Experience Necessary Writer&#039;s Course

Scott Edelstein

doi:10.5771/9781461660446

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A unique stress-free approach for anyone who has ever wanted to write.

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Copyright year: 1994
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8128-8512-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-6044-6
Publisher: Scarborough, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 301
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
Introduction: Why This Book is Special No access Pages 11 - 16
1: Becoming a Writer in Thirty Seconds No access Pages 17 - 18
2: The Ten Biggest Fears About Writing and How to Get Over Them No access Pages 19 - 21
3: The Ten Biggest Myths About Writing No access Pages 22 - 24
4: The Secret to Writing Well No access Pages 25 - 26
1. Exercise #1 No access
6: Why Would Anyone Want to Read What I Write? No access Pages 33 - 34
7: The Fine Arts of Watching and Listening No access Pages 35 - 37
8: Finding Your Ideal Places, Times, and Circumstances for Writing No access Pages 38 - 40
1. Exercise #2 No access
10: The Universal vs. the Personal No access Pages 45 - 46
11: What Do I Write About? No access Pages 47 - 48
12: Self as Subject, Others as Subjects No access Pages 49 - 49
13: Locating Material for Your Writing No access Pages 50 - 51
14: Should I Keep a Journal? No access Pages 52 - 53
1. Exercise #3 No access
16: Where and How Do I Start a Piece of Writing? No access Pages 57 - 58
17: Who Am I Writing For? No access Pages 59 - 60
1. Exercise #4 No access
19: The Pros and Cons of Procrastination and Ritual No access Pages 65 - 66
20: Writers' Rhythms No access Pages 67 - 68
21: Writing What You Know and Faking What You Don't No access Pages 69 - 70
1. Exercise #5 No access
23: The Uses and Limits of Catharsis No access Pages 74 - 74
24: Letting Your Writing Find Its Own Way No access Pages 75 - 76
25: The Mysteries of Creativity No access Pages 77 - 77
1. Exercise #6 No access
27: Do I Have to Finish? No access Pages 82 - 83
28: How Important Is Reading to Writing? No access Pages 84 - 85
1. Exercise #7 No access
30: Can I Work on More Than One Piece at a Time? No access Pages 100 - 101
31: Reading Your Work Aloud No access Pages 102 - 103
32: Saving Everything You Write No access Pages 104 - 105
1. Exercise #8 No access
34: The Proper Use of Salt No access Pages 111 - 112
35: Looking Back on What You've Done No access Pages 113 - 114
36: A Few Unkind but Well-Deserved Words About Literature No access Pages 115 - 116
37: The Importance of Conciseness and Simplicity No access Pages 117 - 118
38: The Importance of Clarity No access Pages 119 - 120
39: Getting Your Readers to Use Their Senses No access Pages 121 - 122
1. Exercise #9 No access
41: What Does It Mean to Understand a Piece of Writing? No access Pages 126 - 127
42: You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Don't Have to Pick a Style No access Pages 128 - 129
43: Other Things You Don't Have to Pick No access Pages 130 - 131
44: Metaphor and Symbolism No access Pages 132 - 133
1. Exercise #10 No access
46: Art vs. Entertainment: Some Useful Words on an Old Debate No access Pages 137 - 138
47: Dreams as Inspiration No access Pages 139 - 140
1. Exercise #11 No access
49: The Seven Major Forms of Creative Writing No access Pages 144 - 145
50: Other Forms of Creative Writing No access Pages 146 - 147
1. Exercise #12 No access
52: Creative Lying No access Pages 152 - 153
53: Active and Passive Language No access Pages 154 - 155
1. Exercise #13 No access
55: Stream of Consciousness vs. Automatic Writing No access Pages 159 - 160
1. Exercise #14 No access
57: Finding Your Ideal Critic No access Pages 164 - 166
58: How to Spot and Ignore Bad Advice No access Pages 167 - 168
1. Exercise #15 No access
60: What Is a Draft? No access Pages 174 - 175
61: Revising No access Pages 176 - 178
1. Exercise #16 No access
63: Getting Unstuck No access Pages 182 - 184
1. Exercise #17 No access
65: Creative Waiting No access Pages 187 - 188
1. Exercise #18 No access
67: Pace No access Pages 193 - 194
1. Exercise #19 No access
69: Openings No access Pages 199 - 200
70: Endings No access Pages 201 - 202
1. Exercise #20 No access
1. Exercise #21 No access
73: Composite People, Settings, and Plots No access Pages 210 - 211
74: The Karma Principle No access Pages 212 - 214
75: Word Choice No access Pages 215 - 217
76: How Much or Often Can I Break the Rules? No access Pages 218 - 219
77: When Is a Piece of Writing Finished? No access Pages 220 - 221
1. Exercise #22 No access
79: Looking Back Once Again No access Pages 226 - 226
80: The Classic Short Story and Its Variations No access Pages 227 - 229
81: Talking with Your Characters No access Pages 230 - 232
82: Anyone Can Understand Good Poetry No access Pages 233 - 236
83: Daffodils, Gibberish, and Nestor: The Most Common Mistakes in Poetry No access Pages 237 - 238
84: Rhymed vs. Unrhymed Poetry No access Pages 239 - 239
85: Poetic Terms and Techniques No access Pages 240 - 246
86: Tips for Writing Poetry No access Pages 247 - 248
1. Exercise #23 No access
88: A Writer's Library No access Pages 253 - 254
89: "I Can Write Better Than That": Why So Much Trash Gets Published No access Pages 255 - 256
90: The Publishing Establishments No access Pages 257 - 259
91: Writer's Block No access Pages 260 - 262
92: Writing for Children No access Pages 263 - 264
1. Exercise #24 No access
94: A Do-It-Yourself Writers' Workshop No access Pages 269 - 275
95: Submitting Your Work to Editors No access Pages 276 - 285
96: Writing as a Career No access Pages 286 - 287
1. Exercise #25 No access
98: Where Do I Go From Here? No access Pages 295 - 296
Additional Writing Exercises No access Pages 297 - 301