The Writing Experiment: Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing
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Book Overview
The Writing Experiment demystifies the process of creative writing, showing that successful work does not arise from talent or inspiration alone. Hazel Smith breaks down writing into incremental stages, revealing processes that are often unconscious or unacknowledged, and shows how they can become part of a systematic writing strategy. The book encourages writers to take an explorative and experimental approach to their work. It relates practical strategies for writing to major twentieth century literary and cultural movements, including postmodernism. Suitable for both beginners and experienced writers, The Writing Experiment covers many genres including fiction, poetry, writing for performance and new media. Each chapter is illustrated with extensive examples of both student work and published writing, and challenging exercises offer writers at all levels opportunities to develop their skills.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1741140153
ISBN13:9781741140156
Release Date:March 2005
Publisher:Routledge
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.16 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Fantastic for stimulating creative ideas
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I love this book. I haven't worked through the whole of it yet, but I keep coming back to it each time I get stuck or slowed down in my writing. The title may sound intimidating to some, but Smith breaks the exercises down into easy to manage parts and then builds them back up, providing numerous examples from both students' and published authors' writing. Her exercises are very different to the stock exercises of other writing books, great for stimulating new ideas, and she's not afraid to take issue with standard writing advice where she feels it's necessary.
Creative Writing Course Guide
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Great course book for beginners and advanced students. A book you'd browse through again and again to keep your mind sharp. I'll definitely keep this one close by.
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