Ramet A. Creative Writing: How to Unlock your Imagination, Develop your Writing Skills - and Get Published

7th edition. How To Books Ltd, 2007. — 179 p.: ISBN: 978-1-84803-222-4.In this book we will be looking at
ways of drawing on personal experience in order to write non-fiction articles on a wide variety of topics in a number of different styles
fiction writing and the world of genre fiction – science, romance, horror and crime
writing for children which requires specialised skills that, once mastered, bring enormous satisfaction to both the writer and the reader
the impact of the Internet on the creative writer and the benefits of Information Computer Technology
Finally, there will be advice and guidance on how to turn your writing into a marketable commodity for, even though many people set out to write purely for their own pleasure, there is little doubt that nothing can compare to the thrill of having work accepted for publication and reading it from a printed pageList of illustrations.Acknowledgements.
Getting started.
Making time to write.
Where do you get your ideas?
Writing aurally and visually.
Drawing on your own experiences.
Looking back into your past.
Read, read, read.
Checklist.
Assignment.
Writing non-fiction.
Writing about what you know.
Case study.
Letting off steam.
Changing work into leisure.
Relating your life-story.
Telling travellers’ tales.
Case study.
Finding funny moments.
Following where your ideas lead you.
Checklist.
Assignment.
Creating fictional characters.
Basing characters on real people.
Case study.
Visualising backgrounds.
Involving yourself in your characters’ lives.
Changing the character.
Relating to your character.
Case study.
How would you react if they approached you?
Creating conflict.
Checklist.
Assignment.
Setting and atmosphere.
Getting a feel of place and time siting locations.
Case study.
Case study.
Imagining what it would be like to be there.
Wearing different clothes and costumes.
Checklist.
Assignment.
Showing not telling.
Reacting and interacting with people and surroundings.
Feeling the heat.
Shivering against the cold.
Case study.
Revealing emotions.
Expressing feelings.
Case study.
Moving your characters around the room.
Speeding and slowing the pace with vocabulary.
Flashing back and forth in time.
Checklist.
Assignment.
Writing realistic dialogue.
Developing a good ear.
Acting out a situation.
Losing your temper.
Falling in love.
Creating realistic accents and dialects.
Case study.
Swearing and slang.
Case study.
Checklist.
Assignment.
CREATIVE WRITING.
Finding true love.
Writing a romance.
Finding flaws attractive.
Overcoming insurmountable obstacles.
Driving fast cars and wearing fancy clothes.
Enjoying sex and food.
Heightening all the senses.
Bringing the hero and heroine together.
Historical settings.
Checklist.
Assignment.
Haunting, thrilling and killing.
ntroducing a note of suspense.
Confronting the fears within.
Case study.
Contrasting normality with terror.
Writing a murder mystery.
Case study.
Choosing a murder weapon.
Plotting and planning.
Twisting the tale.
Looking to the future.
Checklist.
Assignment.
Writing for children.
Thinking back to your childhood.
Looking at life through a child’s eyes.
Case study.
Playing around with ideas.
Writing for educational markets.
Case study.
Anthropomorphising animals.
Writing about children.
Writing picture books.
Checklist.
Assignment.
Sending your work to a publisher.
Seeing your work in print.
Playwriting for your local drama group.
Writing for established TV characters.
Entering competitions.
Vanity publishing.
Self-publishing.
Writing a synopsis.
Presenting your manuscript.
Approaching an editor.
Copyrighting and syndication.
Keeping records.
Finding support from other writers.Answers to assignments.
Useful addresses.
Useful websites.
Online dictionaries.
Further reading.