Wordsmithery The Writer's Craft and Practice

This workbook is aimed at committed writers who want to engage with ideas about writing and to develop their craft and practice. Drawing on the expertise of a range of contributors, the focus is writing as process, moving from practical guidance on form and style through to using themes such as "body" or "house" as a creative springboard. Including features such as "first to last draft", writing exercises and illustrative extracts, this innovative guide will inspire and challenge.

Introduction--J.Steel * Foreword--Patricia Dunker * Creative Space - A Starter Pack--B.Herbert * Writing Short Stories - The 12 Point Plan--G.Green * Form and Style - Grasping the Tools of Fiction--G.Harper * Hanging Together - Structuring the Longer Piece--G.Green * Making Fiction from Fact, Making Fact of Your Fiction--G.Harper * Narrative Point of View - Who Tells the Story?--L.Anderson * Genre and Its Subversion--B.Vice * The Journey of a Poem--T.Deppe * Choice and Character--J.Newman * Food Glorious Food--J.Steel * Children--L.Martin * Writing Houses--J.Newman * Writing the Body--L.Anderson * Landscape--L.Martin * Bibliography * Index Introduction--J.Steel * Foreword--Patricia Dunker * Creative Space - A Starter Pack--B.Herbert * Writing Short Stories - The 12 Point Plan--G.Green * Form and Style - Grasping the Tools of Fiction--G.Harper * Hanging Together - Structuring the Longer Piece--G.Green * Making Fiction from Fact, Making Fact of Your Fiction--G.Harper * Narrative Point of View - Who Tells the Story?--L.Anderson * Genre and Its Subversion--B.Vice * The Journey of a Poem--T.Deppe * Choice and Character--J.Newman * Food Glorious Food--J.Steel * Children--L.Martin * Writing Houses--J.Newman * Writing the Body--L.Anderson * Landscape--L.Martin * Bibliography * Index