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Fundamentals of Creative Writing

Fundamentals of Creative Writing

Anvil, 2009, soft­cov­er, 98 pages ISBN 9789712722318

PALH has a few rare copies, $65 each, Free US ship­ping, email palhbooks@gmail.com

 

Powerful Resource

This slen­der book goes straight to the point and gives the basics in cre­ative writ­ing.  Each sec­tion focus­es on a con­cept, such as dia­logue, fol­lowed by a sam­ple sto­ry or two and sug­gest­ed activ­i­ties. It con­tin­ues to be a handy tool for teach­ers and stu­dents of cre­ative writers.

Praise

“Fun­da­men­tals of Cre­ative Writ­ing is a pow­er­ful resource to encour­age stu­dents and/or aspir­ing writ­ers to strive for excel­lence in their writ­ing skills. Not only does it guide read­ers through the basics of set­ting, scene, char­ac­ter, con­flict, dia­logue, plot, point of view, voice, style, theme and tone but it also pro­vides use­ful activ­i­ties that chal­lenges the writer to get their cre­ative juices flow­ing. I would high­ly rec­om­mend this excel­lent book to any­one who wants to improve and enhance their cre­ative writ­ing skills.” (Jacque­line Gul­las-Weck­man, Vice-Pres­i­dent, Aca­d­e­m­ic Affairs Uni­ver­si­ty of the Visayas)

“Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard has writ­ten a won­der­ful resource for stu­dents of cre­ative writ­ing. This book, Fun­da­men­tals of Cre­ative Writ­ing, pro­vides stu­dents with prac­ti­cal steps that tru­ly work. The strate­gies pre­sent­ed in this book are a prod­uct of the authors 15 years of teach­ing cre­ative writ­ing. She is also a pro­lif­ic writer who has writ­ten numer­ous short sto­ries, nov­els, and non-fic­tion books.” (Edmun­do F. Lit­ton, Ed.D., Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion, Loy­ola Mary­mount University)

“This book (Fun­da­men­tals of Cre­ative Writ­ing) describes the “essen­tials” of cre­ative writ­ing, not only from a tech­ni­cal per­spec­tive, but also by unveil­ing how cre­ative writ­ing leads us to imag­i­na­tive­ly engage and act upon the world. Brainard’s struc­ture reminds us that, above and beyond tech­nique, the most impor­tant thing a writer needs is a gen­uine love of sto­ry and a respect for the pow­er of words.” (Rocío G. Davis, Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture, Uni­ver­si­ty of Navar­ra, Spain)

“Cecil­ia Manguer­ra Brainard’s Fun­da­men­tals of Cre­ative Writ­ing is a mar­velous text­book that com­bines use­ful tech­ni­cal advice on craft with beau­ti­ful prac­ti­cal exam­ples in her own sto­ries. Brainard’s treat­ments of writer­ly voice and left brain/right brain the­o­ry as it con­nects to writ­ing are among the best avail­able in today’s writ­ing text­books. Her sto­ry exam­ples cov­er a vari­ety of sto­ry types, tech­niques, points of view, and his­tor­i­cal as well as con­tem­po­rary top­ics and themes. This book will indeed help writ­ing stu­dents write strong sto­ries and improve their craft. Bra­va, Ms. Brainard.” (Vince Gotera, Edi­tor of North Amer­i­can Review, Pro­fes­sor of Cre­ative Writ­ing, Uni­ver­si­ty North­ern Iowa)

 

Table of Contents

  • Intro­duc­tion (by Edmun­do F. Lit­ton, Ed.D.)
  • Set­ting and Scene
  • Char­ac­ter
  • Con­flict
  • Dia­logue
  • Plot
  • Point of View
  • Voice
  • Style, Theme, Tone
  • Left Brain Right Brain The­o­ry & Two Rules

 

 


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