H. K. Hummel, Stephanie Lenox

Short-Form Creative Writing (eBook, ePUB)

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Short-Form Creative Writing: A Writer's Guide and Anthology is a complete introduction to the art and craft of extremely compressed works of imaginative literature. H. K. Hummel and Stephanie Lenox introduce both traditional and innovative approaches to the short form and demonstrate how it possesses structure, logic, and coherence while simultaneously resisting expectations. With discussion questions, writing prompts, flash interviews, and illustrated key concepts, the book covers: - Prose poetry - Flash fiction - Micro memoir - Lyric essay - Cross-genre/hybrid writing . . . and much more. Short-Form Creative Writing also includes an anthology, offering inspiring examples of short-form writing in all of the styles covered by the book, including work by Charles Baudelaire, Italo Calvino, Lydia Davis, Grant Faulkner, Ilya Kaminsky, Jamaica Kinkaid , and many others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350019904
• Artikelnr.: 54882665

Autorenporträt

H. K. Hummel is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. She is the author of the poetry collections, Lessons in Breathing Underwater, Boytreebird, and Handmade Boats.

Stephanie Lenox is an instructional editor for Chemeketa Press at Chemeketa Community College, USA. She is the author of the poetry collections, The Business, Congress of Strange People, and The Heart That Lies Outside the Body.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface for the Second Edition
Part I: an Introduction to Short-form Creative Writing
Chapter 1: Revolutionary Short Forms
Chapter 2: Inspiration and Innovation
Part II: the Craft of Short-form Creative Writing
Chapter 3: Making Sense
Chapter 4: Deep Conversations
Chapter 5: Moving Through Time and Space
Chapter 6: Microcosmic Design
Chapter 7: How to Leap: Aha Moments and Symbolic Logic
Chapter 8: Finding Your Funny
Chapter 9: Misfit Pleasures
Part III: Strategies for Short-form Creative Writing
Chapter 10: Beg, Borrow, and Steal
Chapter 11: Not So Fast! Strategic Revision
Chapter 12: What's Next?
Part IV: Short-form Anthology
Appendix A: Student Work
Appendix B: Genre Index
End Notes
Contributor Bios
Bibliography
Index