Dr Gabriel Ertsgaard (Adjunct Lecturer, Kean University, USA)
A Fiction Writer's Guide to Peace
Crafting Nonviolent Heroism
Dr Gabriel Ertsgaard (Adjunct Lecturer, Kean University, USA)
A Fiction Writer's Guide to Peace
Crafting Nonviolent Heroism
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The fiction writerâ s guide to making peacebuilding, civil resistance, and conflict transformation as compelling as battles and explosions.
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The fiction writerâ s guide to making peacebuilding, civil resistance, and conflict transformation as compelling as battles and explosions.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Seitenzahl: 184
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2025
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 188mm x 137mm x 16mm
- Gewicht: 240g
- ISBN-13: 9781350473959
- ISBN-10: 1350473952
- Artikelnr.: 70706052
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Seitenzahl: 184
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2025
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 188mm x 137mm x 16mm
- Gewicht: 240g
- ISBN-13: 9781350473959
- ISBN-10: 1350473952
- Artikelnr.: 70706052
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Gabriel Ertsgaard is Interviews Editor for the Peace Chronicle and Copy Editor for the poetry journal Drifting Sands Haibun. He also serves on the board of directors for the Quaker magazine Western Friend. He has taught university English courses for the past decade, and is the author of numerous poems, short stories, and nonfiction articles. He holds a Doctor of Letters with a concentration in Global Studies from Drew University, USA.
1. Introduction
Is There Really an Imbalance?
Is Nonviolent Action Effective?
Are Stories of Nonviolent Heroism Compelling?
2. From Peace Studies to Peace Poetics
Peace Education
Civil Resistance
Case Study: For the Snake of Power
Conflict Transformation
Case Study: Big Rural
3. Character Arcs
Egri's dialectical approach
Power and Love
Case study: Trading Places
Creating Character Arcs
Getting to Yes
Conclusion
Writing exercises
4. Campaigns
What is a caper story?
Underdogs versus powerful figure/force
Initial situation
Scheme
Preparation
Execution
Aftermath
Conclusion
Writing exercises
5. Duels
Substitution
Intervention
Nonresistance
Conclusion
Writing Exercises
6. Worldbuilding
Mythos and worldbuilding
Love
Persuasion
Reconciliation
Conclusion
Writing exercises
7. Peace Poetics for Activists
Creative Literacy
Counternarrative
Narratology
8. Conclusion
Against purity
Future directions for peace poetics
Bibliography
Index
Is There Really an Imbalance?
Is Nonviolent Action Effective?
Are Stories of Nonviolent Heroism Compelling?
2. From Peace Studies to Peace Poetics
Peace Education
Civil Resistance
Case Study: For the Snake of Power
Conflict Transformation
Case Study: Big Rural
3. Character Arcs
Egri's dialectical approach
Power and Love
Case study: Trading Places
Creating Character Arcs
Getting to Yes
Conclusion
Writing exercises
4. Campaigns
What is a caper story?
Underdogs versus powerful figure/force
Initial situation
Scheme
Preparation
Execution
Aftermath
Conclusion
Writing exercises
5. Duels
Substitution
Intervention
Nonresistance
Conclusion
Writing Exercises
6. Worldbuilding
Mythos and worldbuilding
Love
Persuasion
Reconciliation
Conclusion
Writing exercises
7. Peace Poetics for Activists
Creative Literacy
Counternarrative
Narratology
8. Conclusion
Against purity
Future directions for peace poetics
Bibliography
Index
1. Introduction
Is There Really an Imbalance?
Is Nonviolent Action Effective?
Are Stories of Nonviolent Heroism Compelling?
2. From Peace Studies to Peace Poetics
Peace Education
Civil Resistance
Case Study: For the Snake of Power
Conflict Transformation
Case Study: Big Rural
3. Character Arcs
Egri's dialectical approach
Power and Love
Case study: Trading Places
Creating Character Arcs
Getting to Yes
Conclusion
Writing exercises
4. Campaigns
What is a caper story?
Underdogs versus powerful figure/force
Initial situation
Scheme
Preparation
Execution
Aftermath
Conclusion
Writing exercises
5. Duels
Substitution
Intervention
Nonresistance
Conclusion
Writing Exercises
6. Worldbuilding
Mythos and worldbuilding
Love
Persuasion
Reconciliation
Conclusion
Writing exercises
7. Peace Poetics for Activists
Creative Literacy
Counternarrative
Narratology
8. Conclusion
Against purity
Future directions for peace poetics
Bibliography
Index
Is There Really an Imbalance?
Is Nonviolent Action Effective?
Are Stories of Nonviolent Heroism Compelling?
2. From Peace Studies to Peace Poetics
Peace Education
Civil Resistance
Case Study: For the Snake of Power
Conflict Transformation
Case Study: Big Rural
3. Character Arcs
Egri's dialectical approach
Power and Love
Case study: Trading Places
Creating Character Arcs
Getting to Yes
Conclusion
Writing exercises
4. Campaigns
What is a caper story?
Underdogs versus powerful figure/force
Initial situation
Scheme
Preparation
Execution
Aftermath
Conclusion
Writing exercises
5. Duels
Substitution
Intervention
Nonresistance
Conclusion
Writing Exercises
6. Worldbuilding
Mythos and worldbuilding
Love
Persuasion
Reconciliation
Conclusion
Writing exercises
7. Peace Poetics for Activists
Creative Literacy
Counternarrative
Narratology
8. Conclusion
Against purity
Future directions for peace poetics
Bibliography
Index







