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100 1 $aEstess, Sybil P.,$d1942-
245 10 $aIn a field of words :$ba creative writing text /$cSybil Pittman Estess, Janet McCann.
260 $aUpper Saddle River, N.J. :$bPrentice Hall,$c©2003.
300 $av, 281 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index.
505 0 $aChapter 1: Getting started -- Journal keeping -- Creative reading -- Critical reading -- Chapter 2: Fiction -- Fiction fundamentals -- Plot -- Setting -- Dialogue -- Characterization -- Point of view -- Chapter 3: Creative nonfiction -- Autobiographical narrative -- Character essay -- Chapter 4 -- Sources -- Details and images -- Some poetic devices -- Lyric and narrative poems -- Language as music -- The line -- Meter -- Formal poetry -- Political poetry -- Meaning and ideas in poetry -- Chapter 5: Revising -- Short stories and essays -- Petry -- Chapter 6: Experimental writing -- Understanding experimental writing -- Activities for searching out the postmodern muse -- Chapter 7: Creative writing exercises.
520 0 $aThis is an innovative, self-help guide for beginning-level creative writing, designed to help aspiring writers find words for their stories and give them shape. It includes all a writer needs to begin writing fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry including ways to get started, things to write about and where to find help in all elements of writing including first publication. The text incorporates practice exercises and a multi-cultural mini-anthology of work in all three genres. Discusses in detail the elements and techniques of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Provides practical exercises sections and features a Multi-cultural anthology. For aspiring writers interested in learning how to write poetry, prose and non-fiction.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xRhetoric.
650 0 $aCreative writing (Higher education)
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650 7 $aEnglish language$xRhetoric.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00911581
700 1 $aMcCann, Janet.
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