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9781559340762

Working Words: The Process of Creative Writing

Working Words: The Process of Creative Writing
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  • ISBN-13: 9781559340762
  • ISBN: 1559340762
  • Publication Date: 1991
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua

AUTHOR

Wendy Bishop

SUMMARY

PART I. WRITERS AND THEIR WORDS 1. Thinking about Writers and Writing Exploring Your Own Beliefs Exploring Your Own Feelings Completing a Writing Process Self-Audit Who Writes: What Is Good Writing? Who Writes: The Scene of Writing 2. Discovering a Writer's Moves Creative Writers: Composing Stories and Writing Rules Research and Writers' Knowledge Discovering a Writer's Moves PART II. THE PROCESS OF CREATIVE WRITING 3. Uncovering a Draft Exploring Language: Cliches and Metaphors Exploring the Material World: Objects and the Senses Exploring Your Personal World: Autobiography and Personal Archeology Transforming Familiar Forms: Lists, Letters, Advice, Directions, and Found Pieces 4. From Private to Public: Journals and Workshops Saving and Sharing: Your Writing Journal or Notebook Sharing within a Writing Workshop Workshop Formats 5. The Art of Exploration Writing Art about Art Writing with/through Influences Writing with Others: Collaborative Composing Experimentation: Writing against the Rules 6. Listening to Others The Student and Teacher Writing Conference Don't Forget the Writing Center Sharing with Friends and Family Taking Control of Response Situations Informal Writing Groups Reading Writers and Writing Readings 7. Revision and Your Writing Revision Is a Recursive Process Early Revision Taking Control: Asking for Response The Interim Period: Between Early and Late Revision Workshops Revising Late Drafts Revision as Productive Risk Taking The Pleasures of Style 8. Evaluating Your Writing The Writing Classroom and Evaluation Understanding Teacher Evaluation Looking for Wider Evaluation: Publication PART III. THE RESULTS OF WRITING 9. Genre and Writing Looking at All Writing Looking at Creative Writing Writing Poetry Writing Fiction Writer's Definitions Basic Terms Comparisons and Contrasts Student Fiction: A Sampler Writing Drama 10. Other Forms Sketches and Prose Poems Science Fiction Children's Fiction Nonfiction: Journalists' Columns and Family Stories Appendix A. Resources for Writers Writing Directories, Organizations, Newsletters Writers' Retreats and Fellowships Appendix B. Response Questions for WritingWendy Bishop is the author of 'Working Words: The Process of Creative Writing', published 1991 under ISBN 9781559340762 and ISBN 1559340762.

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