The Practice of Creative Writing<\/a>: A Guide for Students 4th Edition by Heather Sellers, ISBN-13: 978-1319215958<\/strong><\/p>\n [PDF eBook eTextbook]<\/p>\n When it comes to writing, The Practice of Creative Writing<\/strong> <\/em>has a simple you can do this, and it’s worthwhile to try. Designed for students in the introductory course, The Practice of Creative Writing teaches writers how to trust their own voice, experiment with form, and develop a writing process that allows them to spend more productive time at the desk. Rather than locking into one genre early, writers are encouraged to work among and in between genres and to focus on creating a writing practice that privileges close observation, patience, and techniques of pattern, energy, and shape.Heather Sellers, who writes in multiple genres herself, has developed a lively, welcoming, student-centered approach that teaches creative concentration, close reading, and generating pages. She provides opportunities to be playful and to experiment at the same time that she teaches students the importance of discipline, form, and craft. Heather Sellers is a certified online instructor, and The Practice of Creative Writing is designed to be used in traditional face-to-face classrooms or in online education<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Each chapter begins with objectives for that module. Prompts and writing practices are carefully sequenced. Every chapter ends with both genre-specific writing projects alongside hybrid and experimental prompts. The readings included in this new edition invite students to experience an even wider range of innovative and new literatures. A new chapter on creative ways to approach revision as a shaping practice engaged throughout the writing process helps students work harder on their writing.<\/p>\n Table of Contents:<\/strong><\/p>\n About this Book What makes us different?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Instant Download<\/p>\n \u2022 Always Competitive Pricing<\/p>\n \u2022 100% Privacy<\/p>\n \u2022 FREE Sample Available<\/p>\n \u2022 24-7 LIVE Customer Support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Practice of Creative Writing: A Guide for Students 4th Edition by Heather Sellers, ISBN-13: 978-1319215958 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: \u200e Bedford\/St. Martin’s; Fourth edition (September 11, 2020) Language: \u200e English ISBN-10: \u200e 1319215955 ISBN-13: \u200e 978-1319215958 When it comes to writing, The Practice of Creative Writing has a simple you can do this, and it’s worthwhile to try. Designed for students in the introductory course, The Practice of Creative Writing teaches writers how to trust their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38347,"template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"product_cat":[18],"product_tag":[20689,20692,20690,20691],"class_list":{"0":"post-38346","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-humanities","7":"product_tag-heather-sellers","8":"product_tag-isbn-10-1319215955","9":"product_tag-isbn-13-978-1319215958","10":"product_tag-the-practice-of-creative-writing-a-guide-for-students-4th-edition-by-heather-sellers","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"sale","15":"downloadable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n\n
\nCover Page
\nInside Front Cover
\nTitle Page
\nCopyright Page
\nPreface for Instructors
\nAbout the Author
\nContents
\nIntroduction: How Creative Writing Works
\nHow The Practice Of Creative Writing Work
\nAsking Generative Questions
\nPart One: Foundations
\nChapter One: Finding Focus
\nThe Mind\u2019s Eye
\nWrite What You See
\nMoving Images
\nSubject as Focus
\nWrite What You Know
\nDeveloping Focus
\nThe Writing Habit
\nWriting Rituals
\nFlow
\nLack of Focus
\nWriter\u2019s Block
\nDistraction
\nProcrastination
\nJudgment
\nWriting Projects
\nReadings
\nChapter Two: Reading as a Writer
\nTips for Reading as a Writer
\nBe Curious
\nRead Widely
\nExplore Genres, Question Boundaries
\nEmbrace Discomfort
\nTo Read is to Travel
\nStrategies for Close Reading
\nRead Multiple Times, Take Notes
\nRead Aloud
\nExperiment with Copywork
\nMemorize
\nAnnotate
\nGenres: An Overview
\nHybrids and Experiments
\nPoetry
\nCreative Nonfiction: Memoir and Literary Essay
\nFiction
\nDrama: Spoken Word, Monologue, Play, and Screenplay
\nClosely Reading Your Own Work
\nReading Work by Peers
\nReading to Write
\nInspiration
\nImitation
\nWriting Projects
\nReadings
\nChapter Three: Creating From Components
\nCore Components of Creative Writing
\nWords
\nMetaphor
\nPolarity
\nGenre-Specific Components
\nComponents of Narrative: Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction
\nComponents of Poetry
\nPlays
\nComponents of Plays
\nWriting Projects
\nComponents Workshop
\nReadings
\nPart Two: Strategies
\nChapter Four: Images
\nThe Principles of Images
\nImages Are Active
\nReading Is Image Viewing
\nImages Are the Opposite of Thought and Feeling
\nGenerating Images
\nCreating with Images
\nFocus on People in Action
\nThink from within Images
\nUse Specifics
\nMove Around in Images
\nOne Sentence, One Action
\nSummary Images
\nSliding
\nA Word on Ideas
\nWriting Projects
\nImages Workshop
\nReadings
\nChapter Five: Energy
\nThe Principles of Energy
\nSubject: Focus on What\u2019s Fascinating
\nLeaps: The Energetic Power of Gaps
\nSparky Word Choices
\nSuper-Specifics
\nFilters
\nManipulating Energy
\nPace
\nCamera Work
\nToo Much Energy?
\nTroubleshooting Energy
\nWriting Projects
\nEnergy Workshop
\nReadings
\nChapter Six: Tension
\nThe Principles of Tension
\nTension = Yearning + Obstacles
\nTension, Stakes, and Cause\/Effect
\nMaintaining Tension
\nWork with at Least Two Characters\/Elements
\nMatch Your Opponents
\nTension in Poetry
\nManipulating Tension
\nCreating Oppositions
\nThermostat Control: Adjusting the Temperature
\nLayers: Adding Dimension
\nFa\u00e7ade
\nWriting Projects
\nTension Workshop
\nReadings
\nChapter Seven: Pattern
\nPattern by Ear
\nRhymes and Other Echoes
\nWord Order
\nRhythm
\nPattern by Eye
\nObject Patterns
\nGesture Patterns
\nPattern on the Page
\nWriting Projects
\nPattern Workshop
\nReadings
\nChapter Eight: Insight
\nReading<\/strong><\/a> for Insight
\nPrinciples of Insight
\nAccuracy
\nGenerosity
\nPracticing Insight
\nReflect on Your Personal Experience
\nAsk Questions
\nReverse Expectations
\nCreate Deep Context
\nSurprise Yourself
\nCreate Subtext
\nRely on Form
\nThree Pitfalls
\nWriting Projects
\nInsight Workshop
\nReadings
\nChapter Nine: Shape
\nPrinciples Of Shape
\nShaping, Editing, and Proofreading
\nRevision = Seeing Again
\nShaping by Strategy
\nAdditional Techniques For Shaping Your Work
\nLook Closer
\nWork by Hand
\nBe Bold: Let Go
\nSketch
\nCut
\nPitfalls
\nPerfectionism
\nAnxiety and Fear
\nOverwhelm
\nDarlings
\nShaping A Story: A Writer At Work
\nLetting Go
\nApplying the Wheel of Strategies
\nGetting Feedback
\nSketching Not Drafting
\nBuilding a Personal Process
\nEditing And Proofreading
\nWriting projects
\nShape Workshop
\nPart Three: Forms
\nChapter Ten: Finding Form
\nForms: Recipes For Writers
\nWriting in the Genres
\nHow to Create with Form
\nA Note on Poetry
\nCreating A Portfolio Of Forms
\nFourteen Forms
\nAbecedarius
\nReading the Abecedarius
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting an Abecedarius
\nAnaphora
\nReading Anaphora
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting an Anaphora
\nBraid
\nReading Braids
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Braid
\nComics And Graphic Narratives
\nReading Comics and Graphic Narratives
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Comic or Graphic Narrative
\nFlash
\nReading Flash Fiction and Micro-Memoir
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting Flash Fiction
\nWriting Micro-Memoir
\nGhazal
\nReading Ghazals
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Ghazal
\nJourney
\nReading Journeys
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Journey
\nList
\nReading Lists
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a List
\nMonologue
\nReading Monologues
\nFurther Reading\/Listening
\nWriting a Monologue
\nPantoum
\nReading Pantoums
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Pantoum
\nPlay\/Screenplay
\nReading Plays and Screenplays
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Play
\nSestina
\nReading Sestinas
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Sestina
\nSonnet
\nReading Sonnets
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Sonnet
\nVillanelle
\nReading Villanelles
\nFurther Reading
\nWriting a Villanelle
\nPart Four: The Writing Life
\nChapter Eleven: Reaching Readers
\nPreparing To Publish
\nLive Readings
\nAttending a Live Reading
\nGiving a Live Reading
\nLiterary Magazines: Print And Digital
\nRely on Guides and Directories
\nResearch a Wide Range of Publications
\nSubmit Your Work
\nGet Rejected
\nPortfolios And Chapbooks
\nPortfolios
\nChapbooks
\nArtist Statements
\nChapter Twelve: Writing Resources
\nSmart Searching
\nSocial<\/strong><\/a> Media
\nHashtags
\nTwitter
\nResources
\nCreativity and Inspiration
\nImages: Seeing More Closely
\nSelf-Expression and Personal Writing
\nLiterary News
\nThe Business of Writing: Agents, Freelancing, Book Proposals, and Publishing
\nNotes
\nAppendix: Terminology for Creative Writers
\nAcknowledgements
\nIndex
\nInside Back Cover
\nBack Cover<\/p>\n