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The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry/

The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry/ edited by Julia Bell ; Paul Magrs - xiii,391 pages ; 21 cm.

The success and popularity of creative writing courses at universities across the country belies the myth that writing can't be taught. The Creative Writing Coursebook, edited by Julia Bell and Paul Magrs, takes aspiring writers through three stages of essential practice: 'Gathering' - getting started, learning how to keep notes, making observations and using memory; 'Shaping' - looking at structure, point of view, character and setting; and 'Finishing' - being your own critic, joining show more

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