CREATIVE WRITING

How to unlock your imagination and develop your writing skills 8th edition

Adèle Ramet

• PRICE £10.99
• EXTENT 192 pages
• BINDING Paperback
• FORMAT 234 x 153 mm
• ISBN 978-1-84528-402-2
• PUB DATE 30 April 2010
• BIC CODE CBV
• CATEGORY Creative Writing
• TERRITORIES World Rights

KEY POINTS

• New edition of this comprehensive guide for new and improving creative writers
• Benefits from a crucial chapter on presenting your work to a publisher and getting it into print
• Strong input on fiction writing and the world of genre fiction – science, romance, horror and crime and the specialist skills required for writing for children

Adèle Ramet enjoys enormous success as a writer of short and twist-in-the-tale stories and non-fiction articles. She also leads creative writing classes and writing workshops and is a frequent guest speaker at literary festivals.

CONTENTS

• 1.Getting started
• 2.Writing non-fiction
• 3.Creating fictional characters
• 4.Setting and atmosphere
• 5.Showing not telling
• 6.Writing realistic dialogue
• 7.Finding true love
• 8.Haunting, thrilling and killing
• 9.Writing for children
• 10.Sending your work to a publisher

REVIEWS

‘An excellent book for the beginning writer…plenty of hints and advice that really will improve the way you get your words down on paper.’Writers’ News

‘…merits a place on every writer’s bookshelf.’ Writers’ Bulletin