Playing With Words
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Playing With Words
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Playing With Words
Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for anyone interested in honing their craft. With a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts to help you try new styles and approaches, it is suitable for aspiring poets, non-fiction writers, novelists and all lovers of words.
'For anyone interested in writing, in creativity, in storytelling, in language and expression, this wise and inspiring book is a must. Williams and Davidow have a profound understanding of the artistic process and craft of writing, and indeed, the writer's heart. Playing with Words is bound to become a classic.' - Elizabeth McKenzie, author of "The Portable Veblen" 'As a teaching text, this book gets as close as possible to the actual processes that professional creative writers use. Williams and Davidow interpret the writer's knowledge for use in the classroom in highly effective ways. It is masterclass thinking made available to all.' - Nigel Krauth, Griffith University, Australia
Drawing on years of experience in writing, teaching, and publishing, this book offers essential tools for writers interested in honing their craft. Whether you’re a poet, non-fiction writer, novelist, journalist, student, or simply a lover of words, it will take you on an exciting and challenging journey to becoming a sophisticated writer.
As in the learning of any true craft or art, the focus first is on specific skills, then on consolidating those skills, which by the end will be innate. Through a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts, Playing with Words will help you develop your writing, trying out new styles and approaches along the way.
Use this book in a class, in a group, or alone in a writer’s attic.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781137532527
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 September 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 136.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 200
About the Author
Paul Williams is Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has published fiction, young adult novels, a memoir, educational readers, short stories and articles. His collection of Kenyan Stories Encounters From Africa (Macmillan) was a set text in all Kenyan schools from 2001 to 2004.
Shelley Davidow is an award-winning author of 40 books and writes across genres. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia
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