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Unlock your creative potential and write something special

Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you—and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you're ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you'll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer.

Discover the essential elements of storytelling, including structure, characterization, setting, dialogue, and plot, as you navigate the countless ways you can express yourself with the written word. Explore the media and methods you can use to help find an audience—from traditional to self-publishing, social media, blogging, and more!

Creative Writing For Dummies also shows you how to:

• Write in all sorts of different formats, including screenplays, scripts, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and beyond
• Navigate the world of social media and learn how it can contribute to getting your work read by more people in more places
• Understand the new, online nature of contemporary journalism and the proliferation of news and blogging sites

A can't-miss roadmap to getting your first—or hundred-and-first—story, poem, or script committed to paper, Creative Writing For Dummies is an essential read for aspiring, amateur, and professional writers everywhere.

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Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you—and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you're ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you'll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer.

Discover the essential elements of storytelling, including structure, characterization, setting, dialogue, and plot, as you navigate the countless ways you can express yourself with the written word. Explore the media and methods you can use to help find an audience—from traditional to self-publishing, social media, blogging, and more!

Creative Writing For Dummies also shows you how to:

• Write in all sorts of different formats, including screenplays, scripts, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and beyond
• Navigate the world of social media and learn how it can contribute to getting your work read by more people in more places
• Understand the new, online nature of contemporary journalism and the proliferation of news and blogging sites

A can't-miss roadmap to getting your first—or hundred-and-first—story, poem, or script committed to paper, Creative Writing For Dummies is an essential read for aspiring, amateur, and professional writers everywhere.

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Unlock your creative potential and write something special

Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you—and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you're ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you'll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer.

Discover the essential elements of storytelling, including structure, characterization, setting, dialogue, and plot, as you navigate the countless ways you can express yourself with the written word. Explore the media and methods you can use to help find an audience—from traditional to self-publishing, social media, blogging, and more!

Creative Writing For Dummies also shows you how to:

• Write in all sorts of different formats, including screenplays, scripts, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and beyond
• Navigate the world of social media and learn how it can contribute to getting your work read by more people in more places
• Understand the new, online nature of contemporary journalism and the proliferation of news and blogging sites

A can't-miss roadmap to getting your first—or hundred-and-first—story, poem, or script committed to paper, Creative Writing For Dummies is an essential read for aspiring, amateur, and professional writers everywhere.

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Unlock your creativity and make your writing sparkle

If you dream of being a writer―any kind of writer― Creative Writing For Dummies is for you! Inside, you’ll learn the basics of storytelling for fiction, travel writing, essays, scripts, and beyond. Discover your unique voice and develop the mindset of a writer with this beginner-friendly guide. Dynamic characters, compelling plots, and authentic dialogue are all explained right here. You'll also dive into the many fiction and nonfiction forms with writing exercises designed to help you develop your craft, find an audience, and get published.

• Finding inspiration
• Developing your storytelling skills
• Learning new writing techniques
• Exploring different styles
• Choosing your genre
• Editing your work
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Maggie Hamand is a journalist, novelist and non-fiction author. She was the winner of the first World One-Day Novel Cup and her novel, "The Resurrection of the Body", was first published by Michael Joseph and has been optioned for film and television. She has also had short stories published and shortlisted for prizes. She taught creative writing at Morley College, was Writer in Residence at Holloway Prison, London and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at London University of the Arts. She founded and was director of the acclaimed small independent publisher The Maia Press. She runs the Complete Creative Writing Course at The Groucho Club and has published "Creative Writing For Dummies" and "Creative Writing Exercises for Dummies". Her novels, "The Rocket Man" and "Dr Gavrilov", are now available as ebooks.

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Unlock your creative potential and write something special Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you—and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you're ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you'll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer. Discover the essential elements of storytelling, including structure, characterization, setting, dialogue, and plot, as you navigate the countless ways you can express yourself with the written word. Explore the media and methods you can use to help find an audience—from traditional to self-publishing, social media, blogging, and more! Creative Writing For Dummies also shows you how to: Write in all sorts of different formats, including screenplays, scripts, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and beyond Navigate the world of social media and learn how it can contribute to getting your work read by more people in more places Understand the new, online nature of contemporary journalism and the proliferation of news and blogging sites <...

Chapter List (193 chapters):

• Chapter 1: Cover
• Chapter 2: Title Page
• Chapter 3: Copyright
• Chapter 4: Introduction
• Chapter 5: About This Book
• Chapter 6: Foolish Assumptions
• Chapter 7: Icons Used in This Book
• Chapter 8: Beyond the Book
• Chapter 9: Where to Go from Here
• Chapter 10: Part 1: Getting Started
• Chapter 11: Chapter 1: You and Your Writing
• Chapter 12: Focusing on Writing as Well as You Can
• Chapter 13: Examining Why You Want to Write
• Chapter 14: Identifying the Kind of Writing You Want to Do
• Chapter 15: Discovering Your Own Specific Talent
• Chapter 16: Practicing Your Writing
• Chapter 17: Overcoming Common Writing Obstacles
• Chapter 18: Letting the Ideas Come
• Chapter 19: Playing with Words
• Chapter 20: Offering Tips for New Writers
• Chapter 21: Chapter 2: Getting into the Write Mindset
• Chapter 22: Finding a Writing Time that Works for You
• Chapter 23: Designating a Writing Space
• Chapter 24: Assembling Your Writing Tools
• Chapter 25: Avoiding Distractions
• Chapter 26: Overcoming the Blank Page Syndrome
• Chapter 27: Separating Drafting and Editing
• Chapter 28: Organizing Your Writing: Developing a Routine and Sticking to It
• Chapter 29: Learning to Live with a Degree of Chaos
• Chapter 30: Chapter 3: Finding Material to Work With
• Chapter 31: Writing from Experience
• Chapter 32: Engaging Emotions
• Chapter 33: Taking a Step Back: Reflecting on Your Experiences and Emotions
• Chapter 34: Trying Techniques to Transform Your Experiences
• Chapter 35: Part 2: Introducing the Elements of Creative Writing
• Chapter 36: Chapter 4: Creating Characters
• Chapter 37: Defining Different Kinds of Characters
• Chapter 38: Discovering Where Characters Come From
• Chapter 39: Detailing Clues about Your Characters
• Chapter 40: Portraying Personality
• Chapter 41: Revealing Character Indirectly
• Chapter 42: Avoiding Stereotypes and Tapping into Archetypes
• Chapter 43: Chapter 5: Giving Characters a Voice with Dialogue
• Chapter 44: Remembering that Dialogue Is a Two-Way Street
• Chapter 45: Distinguishing Voices
• Chapter 46: Talking in Varied Situations
• Chapter 47: Creating a Dynamic with Dialogue
• Chapter 48: Revealing the Subtext
• Chapter 49: Using Accents and Dialect
• Chapter 50: Laying Out Dialogue
• Chapter 51: Chapter 6: Choosing a Narrator
• Chapter 52: Defining Voices
• Chapter 53: Finding the Right Point of View
• Chapter 54: Deciding How Close to Be to the Character
• Chapter 55: Handling Multiple Narrators
• Chapter 56: Chapter 7: Describing Your World
• Chapter 57: Recognizing the Power of Description
• Chapter 58: Using All the Senses
• Chapter 59: Employing the Tools of Description
• Chapter 60: Creating a Sense of Place
• Chapter 61: Creating Mood and Suspense
• Chapter 62: Chapter 8: Plotting Your Way
• Chapter 63: Exploring Classic Plots
• Chapter 64: Plotting Consciously and Unconsciously
• Chapter 65: Asking the Central Question and Including the Essential Elements
• Chapter 66: Hooking Your Reader
• Chapter 67: Chapter 9: Setting Up a Solid Structure
• Chapter 68: Dividing Your Work into Chapters and Parts
• Chapter 69: Following the Three-Act Structure
• Chapter 70: Writing within a Time Frame
• Chapter 71: Chapter 10: From Drafting to Rewriting and Editing: Making Your Work Shine
• Chapter 72: Producing the First Draft
• Chapter 73: Becoming Your Own Editor
• Chapter 74: Recruiting a Trusted Reader
• Chapter 75: Part 3: Writing Fiction
• Chapter 76: Chapter 11: When Less is More: Crafting Short Stories
• Chapter 77: Defining the Short Story
• Chapter 78: Writing the Short Story
• Chapter 79: Exploring Short-Story Genres
• Chapter 80: Finding Short-Story Ideas
• Chapter 81: Developing Your Writing Skills: Entering Short-Story Competitions
• Chapter 82: Finding an Outlet for Your Short Fiction
• Chapter 83: Growing a Short Story into a Novella
• Chapter 84: Chapter 12: Writing the Novel
• Chapter 85: Aspiring to the Literary Novel
• Chapter 86: Creating Entertaining Commercial Fiction
• Chapter 87: Chapter 13: Once Upon a Time: Writing for Children
• Chapter 88: Dispelling the “It’s Easy to Write for Kids” Myth
• Chapter 89: Before Schooling Begins: Writing for the Under 5s
• Chapter 90: Learning to Read Alone: Writing for 5- to 9-Year-Olds
• Chapter 91: Captivating the Confident Reader: Age 9 to 13
• Chapter 92: Moving Toward More Mature Themes: Teenage Readers
• Chapter 93: Exploring the Variety of Books for Children
• Chapter 94: Chapter 14: Penning Plays
• Chapter 95: Setting Up the Dramatic Structure
• Chapter 96: Getting Started and Developing Your Play
• Chapter 97: Putting a Play Together: The Artistic Process
• Chapter 98: Sorting Out Types of Play
• Chapter 99: Formatting Your Script
• Chapter 100: Seeing Theater Spaces
• Chapter 101: Writing for Radio
• Chapter 102: Getting Your Work Out There
• Chapter 103: Chapter 15: Writing Screenplays
• Chapter 104: Writing a Screenplay: The Stages
• Chapter 105: Preparing for the Collaborative Process
• Chapter 106: Adapting an Existing Story
• Chapter 107: Formatting a Screenplay
• Chapter 108: Additional Considerations for Writing for TV
• Chapter 109: Selling Your Script
• Chapter 110: Chapter 16: Rhymes and Reasons: Writing Poetry
• Chapter 111: Getting Started with a Poem
• Chapter 112: Reviewing the Main Elements of Poetry
• Chapter 113: Listening to the Language of Poetry
• Chapter 114: Finding a Poetic Form You Prefer
• Chapter 115: Part 4: Exploring Nonfiction
• Chapter 116: Chapter 17: Breaking into Journalism
• Chapter 117: Stick to the Facts: Writing News Articles
• Chapter 118: Getting the Scoop: Putting Press Releases to Good Use
• Chapter 119: Penning Features
• Chapter 120: Providing Your Opinion: Writing Reviews
• Chapter 121: Lining up a Reoccurring Column
• Chapter 122: Interviewing Newsmakers
• Chapter 123: Pitching and Selling Your Articles
• Chapter 124: Considering Radio and Television Journalism
• Chapter 125: Chapter 18: Writing from Life: Giving a Voice to the Past
• Chapter 126: Writing about Yourself: Autobiography
• Chapter 127: Writing about Others: Biography
• Chapter 128: Structuring Your Story
• Chapter 129: Chapter 19: Crafting Narrative Nonfiction
• Chapter 130: Exploring the World of Narrative Nonfiction
• Chapter 131: Writing Narrative Nonfiction
• Chapter 132: Examining Genres within Narrative Nonfiction
• Chapter 133: Chapter 20: Travel Writing: Tales for Armchair Explorers
• Chapter 134: Reporting about Places
• Chapter 135: Doing the Actual Travelling
• Chapter 136: Tackling a Travel Book
• Chapter 137: Chapter 21: All About Blogging
• Chapter 138: Making Your Blog Work for You
• Chapter 139: Setting about Blogging
• Chapter 140: Publicizing Your Blog
• Chapter 141: Turning Blogs into Books
• Chapter 142: Part 5: Finding an Audience
• Chapter 143: Chapter 22: Finding Professionals to Publish Your Book
• Chapter 144: Getting to Know the World of Publishing
• Chapter 145: Looking at How Publishing Houses Are Organized
• Chapter 146: Tallying the Mathematics of Publishing
• Chapter 147: Being Accepted into the Publishing Process
• Chapter 148: Finding Out About Agents
• Chapter 149: Getting Your Book Ready to Send Out
• Chapter 150: Chapter 23: Staying in Control with Self-Publishing
• Chapter 151: Weighing Some Self-Publishing Options
• Chapter 152: Calculating the Cost of Self-Publishing
• Chapter 153: Assisted Self-Publishing Services: Hiring Help
• Chapter 154: Getting the Word Out: Marketing Your Self-Published Book
• Chapter 155: Securing Reviews for Your Self-Published Title
• Chapter 156: Chipping In to Help Cover Costs: Hybrid Publishing
• Chapter 157: Author Beware: Avoiding Vanity Publishing
• Chapter 158: Chapter 24: Becoming a Professional
• Chapter 159: Sharing Your Work with Other Aspiring Writers
• Chapter 160: Fielding Feedback
• Chapter 161: Taking In Local Readings, Events, and Launches
• Chapter 162: Attending Book Fairs
• Chapter 163: Frequenting Literary Festivals
• Chapter 164: Considering a Writing Retreat or Residency
• Chapter 165: Getting Out There and Read: Your First Work in Print
• Chapter 166: Upping Your Odds of Publication: Entering Writing Competitions
• Chapter 167: Part 6: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 168: Chapter 25: Ten Top Tips for Writers
• Chapter 169: Write for Yourself
• Chapter 170: Enjoy the Journey
• Chapter 171: Be Specific
• Chapter 172: Show, Don’t Tell
• Chapter 173: Read and Re-read
• Chapter 174: Be Open to What’s Around You
• Chapter 175: Learn from Others
• Chapter 176: Write and Rewrite
• Chapter 177: Anticipate Rejection
• Chapter 178: Don’t Give Up
• Chapter 179: Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Get Noticed
• Chapter 180: Practice Your Pitch and Keep it Short
• Chapter 181: Ignore the Opinions of Family and Friends
• Chapter 182: Be Focused
• Chapter 183: Perfect Your Work First
• Chapter 184: Don’t Argue with Editors and Agents
• Chapter 185: Be Modest
• Chapter 186: Attend Events and Maintain Your Image
• Chapter 187: Network Like Mad
• Chapter 188: Don’t Take a Rejection Too Personally
• Chapter 189: Stay Positive and Believe in Yourself
• Chapter 190: Index
• Chapter 191: About the Author
• Chapter 192: Connect with Dummies
• Chapter 193: End User License Agreement

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Creative Writing For Dummies covers:

Part I: Getting started         

• Chapter 1: Can Everyone Write?
• Chapter 2:  Getting into the Write Mind
• Chapter 3: Finding the Material to work with   

Part II: The Elements of Creative Writing      

• Chapter 4: Creating Characters
• Chapter 5: Discovering Dialogue
• Chapter 6: Who is telling the story?
• Chapter 7: Creating your own world
• Chapter 8: Plotting your way
• Chapter 9: Creating a Structure
• Chapter 10: Rewriting and editing              

Part III:   Different Kinds of Fiction Writing

• Chapter 11: Short stories
• Chapter 12: Novels
• Chapter 13: Writing for children
• Chapter 14: Plays
• Chapter 15: Screenplays
• Chapter 16: Poetry

Part IV: Different kinds of Non-fiction writing                                              

• Chapter 17:  Breaking into journalism - Writing articles/ magazine writing
• Chapter 18: Writing from life and autobiography
• Chapter 19: Embroidering the facts: Narrative non-fiction
• Chapter 20: Exploring the world from your armchair - Travel writing
• Chapter 21: Blogging – the new big thing

Part V: Finding an audience                                              

• Chapter 22: Finding editors/ publishers/ agents            
• Chapter 23: Becoming a professional

Part VI: Part of Tens                           

• Chapter 24: Ten top tips for writers      
• Chapter 25: Ten ways to get noticed
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• So, you want to be a writer – pick and choose between genres, gather the materials you need and develop the right routines
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• Telling tales – differentiate between novels, novellas and short stories, write plays for the stage or screen, wax lyrical in poetry or dip into children's writing
• Matters of fact – blog about anything and everything, break into journalism, and let life stories, narrative non-fiction and travel writing leap off the page
• From pastime to profession – crack the world of publishing and go professional with your hobby
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• So, you want to be a writer pick and choose between genres, gather the materials you need and develop the right routines
• He said what? When? discover how to fit character, voice, dialogue and plot together
• Telling tales differentiate between novels, novellas and short stories, write plays for the stage or screen, wax lyrical in poetry or dip into children's writing
• Matters of fact blog about anything and everything, break into journalism, and let life stories, narrative non-fiction and travel writing leap off the page
• From pastime to profession crack the world of publishing and go professional with your hobby
• All the different sub-genres of novel-writing from thrillers to chick-lit

About the Author

Maggie Hamand is a novelist, non-fiction author and journalist. In 1998, Maggie founded the hugely successful Complete Creative Writing Course at the Groucho Club in London, and has been teaching there since: her students have included many published authors. She is the author of two novels, The Resurrection of the Body and The Rocket Man .

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Maggie Hamand is a journalist, novelist and non-fiction author. She was the winner of the first World One-Day Novel Cup and her novel, "The Resurrection of the Body", was first published by Michael Joseph and has been optioned for film and television. She has also had short stories published and shortlisted for prizes. She taught creative writing at Morley College, was Writer in Residence at Holloway Prison, London and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at London University of the Arts. She founded and was director of the acclaimed small independent publisher The Maia Press. She runs the Complete Creative Writing Course at The Groucho Club and has published "Creative Writing For Dummies" and "Creative Writing Exercises for Dummies". Her novels, "The Rocket Man" and "Dr Gavrilov", are now available as ebooks.

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Creative Writing For Dummies, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-1-394-19671-5

August 2023

Maggie Hamand

Unlock your creative potential and write something special

Ever dream of writing a book, article, poem, or play that means something to you—and maybe to someone else as well? Do you have an idea you're ready to get down on paper? In Creative Writing For Dummies, you'll learn how to unleash your creative side and become a confident and productive writer.

Discover the essential elements of storytelling, including structure, characterization, setting, dialogue, and plot, as you navigate the countless ways you can express yourself with the written word. Explore the media and methods you can use to help find an audience—from traditional to self-publishing, social media, blogging, and more!

Creative Writing For Dummies also shows you how to:

• Write in all sorts of different formats, including screenplays, scripts, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and beyond
• Navigate the world of social media and learn how it can contribute to getting your work read by more people in more places
• Understand the new, online nature of contemporary journalism and the proliferation of news and blogging sites

A can't-miss roadmap to getting your first—or hundred-and-first—story, poem, or script committed to paper, Creative Writing For Dummies is an essential read for aspiring, amateur, and professional writers everywhere.

Maggie Hamand, PhD, is a novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, and publisher. She was the winner of the first World One-Day Novel Cup in 1994 with the novel The Resurrection of the Body, which was written in 24 hours and subsequently optioned for film and television. Her novel Virgin & Child was the 2020 Morning Star Book of the Year.

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Introduction

Creative writing may be fun, but it isn’t easy. It requires some imagination, a degree of application, and a great deal of effort.

This book gathers everything you need to know about writing and publishing all kinds of creative writing. It distills my more than 30 years of experience in journalism, novel-writing, teaching creative writing, and working in publishing, all in one place. I share the basics – and some of the extras – of writing novels, stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, biography, and autobiography. I discuss journalism and blogging and offer pointers on how to get published or successfully publish yourself.

I try to give you the essence of what a life’s work spent in loving reading and writing literature in all its forms has taught me, to help you avoid repeating some of my mistakes!

This book aims to help you gain confidence in your ideas, to inspire you, and to provide the knowledge and skills you need to get started on your writing journey.

About This Book

Most people who write start off by spending a lot of time alone, puzzling out how to tackle the various difficulties and challenges that writing brings up. How do you know what to write about? Where should you begin? What point of view should you tell the story from? How do you write dialogue that leaps off the page, invent intriguing characters, and describe places and objects so that the reader can see them? Should you write your story as an autobiography, or turn it into a novel? And how ...

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Creative Writing For Dummies, UK Edition

Description.

Creative Writing For Dummies covers:

Part I: Getting started

• Chapter 1: Can Everyone Write?
• Chapter 2: Getting into the Write Mind
• Chapter 3: Finding the Material to work with

Part II: The Elements of Creative Writing

• Chapter 4: Creating Characters
• Chapter 5: Discovering Dialogue
• Chapter 6: Who is telling the story?
• Chapter 7: Creating your own world
• Chapter 8: Plotting your way
• Chapter 9: Creating a Structure
• Chapter 10: Rewriting and editing

Part III: Different Kinds of Fiction Writing

• Chapter 11: Short stories
• Chapter 12: Novels
• Chapter 13: Writing for children
• Chapter 14: Plays
• Chapter 15: Screenplays
• Chapter 16: Poetry

Part IV: Different kinds of Non-fiction writing

• Chapter 17: Breaking into journalism - Writing articles/ magazine writing
• Chapter 18: Writing from life and autobiography
• Chapter 19: Embroidering the facts: Narrative non-fiction
• Chapter 20: Exploring the world from your armchair - Travel writing
• Chapter 21: Blogging – the new big thing

Part V: Finding an audience

• Chapter 22: Finding editors/ publishers/ agents
• Chapter 23: Becoming a professional

Part VI: Part of Tens

• Chapter 24: Ten top tips for writers
• Chapter 25: Ten ways to get noticed

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