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To the budding creative writer : a handbook /

"Reading this handbook, practising writers will gain in confidence as they rationalize their craft, while beginning writers will learn a great deal, from the useful tips, to write better. The book contains, among other things, a beautiful foreword. Two enlightening essays on the responsibility...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jua, Roselyne M.
Otros Autores: Besong, Bate
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mankon, Bamenda, North West Region, Cameroon : [East Lansing] : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG ; Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press, 2009.
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  • Machine generated contents note: Section One Guidepost on the Art of Writing Poetry
  • Preface
  • Aims of Poetry
  • Some Obstacles to Writing Successful Poetry
  • Synopsis for the Aspiring Poet
  • Modern African Poets of Exceptional Eloquence
  • Denotation and Connotation as Aspects of Poetic Composition
  • Further Comments on Selected African Poets
  • On Writing your Own Poem: Stylistic and Thematic Considerations
  • Review
  • Section Two Guidepost on the Art of Prose Fiction
  • Preface
  • Writing a Fictious Prose Narrative: Guideposts
  • On the Short Story and Novel
  • Aspects of Fiction
  • Perspective in Fiction
  • Point of View
  • Three Basic Approaches of Point of View
  • Preface to Aspects of Successful African Novels
  • Criteria for Evaluation
  • Fictional Plot Structure
  • Stock-Taking
  • Plot, Theme, and Character
  • Section Three Guidepost to the Art of Playwriting
  • Preface
  • When you Write your Play
  • Declaration of Purpose
  • Questions on Artistic Vision
  • Further Notes on Democratic Style and Structure.