Notes: Creative Writing

Book-Get Started In Creative Writing
Author-Stephen May
ISBN: 978-1444103180
Chapters: 20
Pages: 319
My Rating: 5 Stars

Notes-Creative Writing

• Book Information
  • Title
    • Get Started in Creative Writing
  • Author
    • Stephen May
  • ISBN
    • 978-1444103180
  • Chapters
    • 20
  • Pages
    • 319
  • My Rating
    • 5 Stars
• Writing Rules
  • Don’t preach
  • Don’t pad
  • Don’t repeat yourself
  • Don’t be discouraged
  • Don’t be pessimistic
• Writing Sources
  • List of jobs
  • List of places
  • Places you lived
  • People you’ve worked with
  • Hobbies and Interests
  • Names/Job interest of people you know
  • Autobiography
• Simple Advices
  • Specialize
  • Use an unusual angle
  • Use humor
  • Think about all points to include
  • Sort
  • Plan
  • Write the list in a draft
  • Choose a snappy title
  • Double check all your facts
  • Put your article in the drawer and wait [incubate]
  • Write a second draft
  • Get feedback
• Imagination and Writing Exercise
  • a still of life-slow down your life
  • have a sense of place
  • write about a desire
  • drip feed your history
  • write about people
  • evoke and inform
  • inform and evoke
  • less is more
  • one incident/event, write about it
  • think if can add to the sum of human knowledge
  • be honest
  • have social interaction
  • create a persona
• Stand and Stare Exercise
  • Think of an object
  • Think of a place
  • Think of an event
  • Think of a hometown