Narrative Design Working With Imagination Craft And Form

Author : Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-04-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780393343076

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Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form by Madison Smartt Bell Pdf

With clarity, verve, and the sure instincts of a good teacher, Madison Smartt Bell offers a roll-up-your-sleeves approach to writing in this much-needed book. Focusing on the big picture as well as the crucial details, Bell examines twelve stories by both established writers (including Peter Taylor, Mary Gaitskill, and Carolyn Chute) and his own former students. A story's use of time, plot, character, and other elements of fiction are analyzed, and readers are challenged to see each story's flaws and strengths. Careful endnotes bring attention to the ways in which various writers use language. Bell urges writers to develop the habit of thinking about form and finding the form that best suits their subject matter and style. His direct and practical advice allows writers to find their own voice and imagination.

Author : Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0155017276

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Narrative Design by Madison Smartt Bell Pdf

Author : Alyce M. McKenzie
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611644388

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Novel Preaching by Alyce M. McKenzie Pdf

In this lively and accessible book, Alyce McKenzie explores how fiction writers approach the task of writing novels: how they develop their ideas, where they find their inspiration, and how they turn the spark of a creative notion into words on paper that will captivate the masses. McKenzie's study shows how preachers can use the same techniques to enhance their own creativity and to turn their ideas into powerful, well crafted sermons. Novel Preaching offers a wealth of advice from successful fiction writers, including Isabelle Allende, Frederick Buechner, Julia Cameron, Annie Dillard, Natalie Goldberg, Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Melanie Rae Thorn, and also includes a number of sample sermons from McKenzie herself.

Author : Sandra Heinen,Roy Sommer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110222425

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Narratology in the Age of Cross-disciplinary Narrative Research by Sandra Heinen,Roy Sommer Pdf

Narrative Research has developed into an international and interdisciplinary field. This volume collects fifteen essays which look at narrative and narrativity from various perspectives, including literary studies and hermeneutics, cognitive theory and creativity research, metaphor studies, and film theory and intermediality

Author : Bradley Lewis
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780801899799

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Narrative Psychiatry by Bradley Lewis Pdf

Psychiatry has lagged behind many clinical specialties in recognizing the importance of narrative for understanding and effectively treating disease. With this book, Bradley Lewis makes the challenging and compelling case that psychiatrists need to promote the significance of narrative in their practice as well. Narrative already holds a prominent place in psychiatry. Patient stories are the foundation for diagnosis and the key to managing treatment and measuring its effectiveness. Even so, psychiatry has paid scant scholarly attention to the intrinsic value of patient stories. Fortunately, the study of narrative outside psychiatry has grown exponentially in recent years, and it is now possible for psychiatry to make considerable advances in its appreciation of clinical stories. Narrative Psychiatry picks up this intellectual opportunity and develops the tools of narrative for psychiatry. Lewis explores the rise of narrative medicine and looks closely at recent narrative approaches to psychotherapy. He uses philosophic and fictional writings, such as Anton Chekhov’s play Ivanov, to develop key terms in narrative theory (plot, metaphor, character, point of view) and to understand the interpretive dimensions of clinical work. Finally, Lewis brings this material back to psychiatric practice, showing how narrative insights can be applied in psychiatric treatments—including the use of psychiatric medications. Nothing short of a call to rework the psychiatric profession, Narrative Psychiatry advocates taking the inherently narrative-centered patient-psychiatrist relationship to its logical conclusion: making the story a central aspect of treatment.

Author : Scott Norton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Developmental editing
ISBN : 9780226793634

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Developmental Editing by Scott Norton Pdf

"First published in 2009, Scott Norton's book is the only guide dedicated solely to the art of developmental editing. With more than three decades of experience in the field, Norton offers expert advice on how to approach the task of diagnosing and fixing structural problems with book manuscripts in consultation with authors and publishers. He illustrates these principles through a series of detailed case studies featuring before-and-after tables of contents, samples of edited text, and other materials to make an otherwise invisible process tangible. This revised edition includes a new chapter on editing fiction, which presents similar challenges to nonfiction plus a range of additional ones, including issues of premise, setting, plot, and character development. For the first time, the book comes with a set of exercises that allow readers to edit sample materials and compare their work with that of an experienced professional. And it includes new or expanded coverage of basic business arrangements for freelancers, self-publishing, e-books, and content marketing, among other topics. Aspiring and experienced developmental editors as well as the authors who work with them will find a wealth of insight in this new edition"--

Author : Scott Norton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226793771

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Developmental Editing by Scott Norton Pdf

The only guide dedicated solely to developmental editing, now revised and updated with new exercises and a chapter on fiction. Developmental editing—transforming a manuscript into a book that edifies, inspires, and sells—is a special skill, and Scott Norton is one of the best at it. With more than three decades of experience in the field, Norton offers his expert advice on how to approach the task of diagnosing and fixing structural problems with book manuscripts in consultation with authors and publishers. He illustrates these principles through a series of detailed case studies featuring before-and-after tables of contents, samples of edited text, and other materials to make an otherwise invisible process tangible. This revised edition for the first time includes exercises that allow readers to edit sample materials and compare their work with that of an experienced professional as well as a new chapter on the unique challenges of editing fiction. In addition, it features expanded coverage of freelance business arrangements, self-published authors, e-books, content marketing, and more. Whether you are an aspiring or experienced developmental editor or an author who works alongside one, you will benefit from Norton’s accessible, collaborative, and realistic approach and guidance. This handbook offers the concrete and essential tools it takes to help books to find their voice and their audience.

Author : Dianne Donnelly
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Does the Writing Workshop Still Work? by Dianne Donnelly Pdf

This book explores the effectiveness of the writing workshop in the Creative Writing classroom, searching beyond the question of whether or not the workshop works to consider alternative pedagogical models. The needs of a growing and diverse student population are central to the contributors' consideration of non-normative pedagogies. This book is a must-read for all teachers of Creative Writing.

Author : John Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199858798

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Talking with the President by John Wilson Pdf

This book provides a pragmatic analysis of presidential language. Pragmatics is concerned with meaning in context, or the relationship between what we say and what we mean. John Wilson explores the various ways in which U.S. Presidents have used language within specific social contexts to achieve specific objectives. This includes obfuscation, misdirection, the use of metaphor or ambiguity, or in some cases simply lying. He focuses on six presidents: John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald W. Reagan, William F. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack H. Obama. These presidents cover most of the last half of the twentieth century, and the first decade of the twenty first century, and each has been associated with a specific linguistic quality. John F. Kennedy was famed for his quality of oratory, Nixon for his manipulative use of language, Reagan for his gift of telling stories, Clinton for his ability to engage the public and to linguistically turn arguments and descriptions in particular directions. Bush, on the other hand, was famed for his inability to use language appropriately, and Obama returns us to the rhetorical flourishes of early Kennedy. In the case of each president, a range of specific examples are explored in order to highlight the ways in which a pragmatic analysis may provide an insight into presidential language. In many cases, what the president says is not necessarily what the president means.

Author : Deborah Fillerup Weagel
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : European fiction
ISBN : 1433108364

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Words and Music by Deborah Fillerup Weagel Pdf

Introduction -- Musical contrast in Albert Camus' L'étranger -- Musical counterpoint in Albert Camus' L'étranger -- Musical qualities in Samuel Beckett's En attendant Godot -- Silence in John Cage and Samuel Beckett : 4' 33" and En attendant Godot -- John Cage's collaboration of words and music in the song books -- The edited performance : Glenn Gould's solitude trilogy -- Musical and verbal counterpoint in two short films about Glenn Gould.

Author : Steven Earnshaw
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780748689774

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Handbook of Creative Writing by Steven Earnshaw Pdf

In this new edition 54 chapters cover the central pillars of writing creatively: the theories behind the creativity, the techniques and writing as a commercial enterprise. With contributions from over 50 poets, novelists, dramatists, publishers, editors, tutors, critics and scholars, this is the essential guide to writing and getting published. DT A 3-in-1 text with outstanding breadth of coverage on the theories, the craft & the business of creative writing DT Includes practical advice on getting published & making money from your writing New for this edition: DT Chapters on popular topics such as 'self-publishing and the rise of the indie author', 'social media', 'flash fiction', 'song lyrics', 'creative-critical hybrids' and 'collaboration in the theatre' DT New and updated exercises to help you practice your writing DT Up-to-date information on teaching, copyright, writing for the web & earning a living as a writer DT Updated Glossary of Terms

Author : Michele Weldon
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780826266248

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Everyman News by Michele Weldon Pdf

"Examines how newspapers have changed over the past few years, becoming story papers. Comparing 850 stories, story approaches, and unofficial sourcing in twenty American newspapers from 2001 and 2004, Weldon reveals a shift toward features over hard news, along with an increase in anecdotal or humanistic approaches to all stories"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Jeff Davis
Publisher : Monkfish Book Publishing
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780976684381

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The Journey from the Center to the Page by Jeff Davis Pdf

Jeff Davis artfully illustrates how yoga philosophies and practices can be an invaluable ally to the writing life.

Author : Jennifer Sinor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350371989

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The Yogic Writer by Jennifer Sinor Pdf

Fusing the craft of writing with the philosophy of yoga, The Yogic Writer charts a path to the heart of creativity through the practice of yogic breathing, somatic exercises, and meditations. In response to an oftentimes paralyzing focus on outcome and product, Jennifer Sinor summons decades of experience teaching creative writing and yoga to guide our attention back to the body, the place from which all art arises. When invested with deep awareness, writing transforms us as human beings. The Yogic Writer connects the recursive process of writing – creating space for intentions, drafting, revision, and sitting in sites of possibility and potential – with the four stages of breath. Through brief insightful essays, Sinor meets writers in the present moment, providing craft advice while challenging us to explore how we look, who is really writing, and how to listen to our bodies. Steeped in ideas owed to ancient wisdom as well as creative writing pedagogy and Sinor's own experience, The Yogic Writer offers a unique, alternative approach to finding creativity that forsakes external validation for internal knowledge and experimentation. Inspirational, affirmational, and personal, this book is for anyone seeking permission to embody the life of a writer that they already know, deep down, to be theirs.

Author : Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393341102

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Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution (Great Discoveries) by Madison Smartt Bell Pdf

"Fresh…solid…full of suspense and intrigue." —Publishers Weekly Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing an entirely new terminology, one still in use by chemists. Madison Smartt Bell’s enthralling narrative reads like a race to the finish line, as the very circumstances that enabled Lavoisier to secure his reputation as the father of modern chemistry—a considerable fortune and social connections with the likes of Benjamin Franklin—also caused his glory to be cut short by the French Revolution.