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Elements of Creative Writing

J.D. Schraffenberger, University of Northern Iowa

Rachel Morgan, University of Northern Iowa

Grant Tracey, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright Year: 2023

ISBN 13: 9780915996179

Publisher: University of Northern Iowa

Language: English

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Unlike Starkey's CREATIVE WRITING: FOUR GENRES IN BRIEF, this textbook does not include a section on drama. read more

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Unlike Starkey's CREATIVE WRITING: FOUR GENRES IN BRIEF, this textbook does not include a section on drama.

Content Accuracy rating: 5

As far as I can tell, content is accurate, error free and unbiased.

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The book is relevant and up-to-date.

Clarity rating: 5

The text is clear and easy to understand.

Consistency rating: 5

I would agree that the text is consistent in terms of terminology and framework.

Modularity rating: 5

Text is modular, yes, but I would like to see the addition of a section on dramatic writing.

Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 5

Topics are presented in logical, clear fashion.

Interface rating: 5

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As I stated above, textbook is good except that it does not include a section on dramatic writing.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter One: One Great Way to Write a Short Story
• Chapter Two: Plotting
• Chapter Three: Counterpointed Plotting
• Chapter Four: Show and Tell
• Chapter Five: Characterization and Method Writing
• Chapter Six: Character and Dialouge
• Chapter Seven: Setting, Stillness, and Voice
• Chapter Eight: Point of View
• Chapter Nine: Learning the Unwritten Rules
• Chapter One: A Poetry State of Mind
• Chapter Two: The Architecture of a Poem
• Chapter Three: Sound
• Chapter Four: Inspiration and Risk
• Chapter Five: Endings and Beginnings
• Chapter Six: Figurative Language
• Chapter Seven: Forms, Forms, Forms
• Chapter Eight: Go to the Image
• Chapter Nine: The Difficult Simplicity of Short Poems and Killing Darlings

Creative Nonfiction

• Chapter One: Creative Nonfiction and the Essay
• Chapter Two: Truth and Memory, Truth in Memory
• Chapter Three: Research and History
• Chapter Four: Writing Environments
• Chapter Five: Notes on Style
• Chapter Seven: Imagery and the Senses
• Chapter Eight: Writing the Body
• Chapter Nine: Forms

Back Matter

• Contributors
• North American Review Staff

Ancillary Material

• University of Northern Iowa

About the Book

This free and open access textbook introduces new writers to some basic elements of the craft of creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The authors—Rachel Morgan, Jeremy Schraffenberger, and Grant Tracey—are editors of the North American Review, the oldest and one of the most well-regarded literary magazines in the United States. They’ve selected nearly all of the readings and examples (more than 60) from writing that has appeared in NAR pages over the years. Because they had a hand in publishing these pieces originally, their perspective as editors permeates this book. As such, they hope that even seasoned writers might gain insight into the aesthetics of the magazine as they analyze and discuss some reasons this work is so remarkable—and therefore teachable. This project was supported by NAR staff and funded via the UNI Textbook Equity Mini-Grant Program.

About the Contributors

J.D. Schraffenberger  is a professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of two books of poems,  Saint Joe's Passion  and  The Waxen Poor , and co-author with Martín Espada and Lauren Schmidt of  The Necessary Poetics of Atheism . His other work has appeared in  Best of Brevity ,  Best Creative Nonfiction ,  Notre Dame Review ,  Poetry East ,  Prairie Schooner , and elsewhere.

Rachel Morgan   is an instructor of English at the University of Northern Iowa. She is the author of the chapbook  Honey & Blood , Blood & Honey . Her work is included in the anthology  Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in American  and has appeared in the  Journal of American Medical Association ,  Boulevard ,  Prairie Schooner , and elsewhere.

Grant Tracey   author of three novels in the Hayden Fuller Mysteries ; the chapbook  Winsome  featuring cab driver Eddie Sands; and the story collection  Final Stanzas , is fiction editor of the  North American Review  and an English professor at the University of Northern Iowa, where he teaches film, modern drama, and creative writing. Nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize, he has published nearly fifty short stories and three previous collections. He has acted in over forty community theater productions and has published critical work on Samuel Fuller and James Cagney. He lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

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Ignite the creative writing process.

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Most writers at some point will come face to face with their nemesis: the dreaded blank page. The exercises below, which tap memory, observation, and imagination, aim to help you push past that daunting void and get the words flowing.

Recommended Creative Writing “Jump Start” Exercises

1. practice awareness of the world around you.

Go to a restaurant or coffee shop (or another busy place) and take notes about it, focusing on sensory details. What are you seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, and touching? Try to incorporate everything.

2. Dive into a Photograph

Find a random photo of a person in a magazine or newspaper. Imagine this person’s life. Create a detailed inventory of what is in this person’s bedroom, refrigerator, and medicine cabinet. Then, write a personal ad as if you were this person.

3. Look for Odd Stories in the News

Troll news sites and social media for odd stories. Try writing a scene that involves some aspect of the person, place, or action, inventing the details as you go.

4. Find a story seed in the “Personals” section

Go to the Personals sections of a newsweekly or Craigslist (the subhead “Missed Connections” is good). Write a scene or poem based on an encounter/potential encounter, making up the details you need.

5. It’s about Time: Try a ‘short’ time-bound story

(From What If? p. 267; full citation below): Try writing a story that takes place in a short unit of time – 60 seconds, an hour, a day.

Make a list of things that can be done in a short period (e.g. washing a dog/car/hair, stealing something…). Limit the story’s action to that time frame.

6. Start with a Given First Line

Here are a few to try (from What If? , p. 21-24):

• Where were you last night?
• I met him/her on the stairs.
• The neighbors were at it again.
• I haven’t been the same since__________
• The first time I (or Name) heard SPECIFIC SONG, I (Name) was down/up/over at PLACE and we were doing ACTION.

7. Start with a Title

Try one of these (or make one up of your own): People I’ve Kissed . The House on Deacon Street . Sunday . The Road to Nowhere . Dinner . Things to Do in 60 Seconds or Less .

8. Watch a Favorite Film

Pay attention to notable scenes, or “moments of fire,” within the film. Then re-create one of those scenes in writing.

9. Begin with a Space

Recall a building in which you once lived. Map out this building on a sheet of paper. Consider all of the rooms and spaces and think about the “hot spot” – the room that stands out the most to you. Describe that room and/or write a scene that takes place there.

10. Your Start Might Be In the Cards

Get some color-coded index cards or scraps of paper. On one color, write a random selection of characters (e.g. butcher, baker, candlestick maker). On another color, write a random selection of incidents (e.g. hits dog with car, bakes bread for dying friend, sets fire to trashcan.) Mix up the cards and pick a few at random. Then choose which combination appeals the most. Start a scene or poem using those two (or three) elements.

Recommended Resources

Bernays, Anne, and Pamela Painter. What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers . College Edition. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004.

Kowitt, Steve. In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet’s Portable Workshop . Gardiner: Tilbury, 1995.

Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life . New York: Anchor, 1994.

Scofield, Sandra. The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer . New York: Penguin, 2007.

Stern, Jerome. Making Shapely Fiction . New York: Laurel, 1991.

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Creative Writing Practice

Reflections on Form and Process

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• Examines a range of key challenges common to all writers, and offers solutions to them
• Discusses a range of writing forms and genres, from novel, screenplay and immersive media, to critical writing, memoir and working-class poetry

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Creative Writing Practice: reflections on form and process  explores the craft of creative writing by illuminating the practices of writers and writer-educators. Demonstrating solutions to problems in different forms and genres, the contributors draw on their professional and personal experiences to examine specific and practical challenges that writers must confront and solve in order to write. 

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Book Title : Creative Writing Practice

Book Subtitle : Reflections on Form and Process

Editors : Debra Adelaide, Sarah Attfield

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73674-3

Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Cham

eBook Packages : Literature, Cultural and Media Studies , Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-030-73673-6 Published: 10 October 2021

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-030-73676-7 Published: 10 October 2022

eBook ISBN : 978-3-030-73674-3 Published: 09 October 2021

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XVII, 260

Number of Illustrations : 3 b/w illustrations

Topics : Creative Writing , Literature, general

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