The Soul Of Creative Writing

Author : Richard Goodman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351473611
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soul of Creative Writing written by Richard Goodman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have a faith in language," said the poet W. S. Merwin. "It's the ultimate achievement that we as a species have evolved so far." Language is a deep ocean of living words, as varied as undersea life. It is a gift inherited by each person when he or she is born; it can be corrupted and regulated, but it cannot be owned. It is an enormous, complex, inexhaustible gift. The Soul of Creative Writing is a tribute to language and to its potentials. It explores the elements of language, style, rhythm, sound, and the choice of the right word. Richard Goodman paints an image of how language can produce a life and meaning that otherwise cannot exist in the symbols themselves.Goodman's stunningly creative collection was written after a lifetime of working and struggling with language. He collects rich examples from writers of the past and present, both great and small, and uses them to illustrate how each element of our written language can be used. The book begins with an analysis of words and how they can be used to create music on the page. Goodman uncovers the strength of words, writing about the shades of meaning that make the search for the exact word both arduous and immensely rewarding. He discusses how to find the proper title and how to find a fitting subject. He show how to create nonfiction work that is vivid and memorable through the use of the same techniques fiction writers employ.Goodman's volume is written with humor and clarity--with fascination and reverence. Writers will find it an indispensable source of creative inspiration and instruction. In Goodman's words, "reading is a tour of a writer's efforts at manipulating language to create art, to create flesh and blood and mountains, cities, homes, and gardens out of inky symbols on the page." To literary critics, this book will be a guide to understanding the tools and devices of great writing.

Author : Linda Lappin
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
ISBN 13 : 1609521048
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soul of Place written by Linda Lappin and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging creative writing workbook, novelist and poet Linda Lappin presents a series of insightful exercises to help writers of all genres—literary travel writing, memoir, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction—discover imagery and inspiration in the places they love. Lappin departs from the classical concept of the Genius Loci, the indwelling spirit residing in every landscape, house, city, or forest—to argue that by entering into contact with the unique energy and identity of a place, writers can access an inexhaustible source of creative power. The Soul of Place provides instruction on how to evoke that power. The writing exercises are drawn from many fields—architecture, painting, cuisine, literature and literary criticism, geography and deep maps, Jungian psychology, fairy tales, mythology, theater and performance art, metaphysics—all of which offer surprising perspectives on our writing and may help us uncover raw materials for fiction, essays, and poetry hidden in our environment. An essential resource book for the writer’s library, this book is ideal for creative writing courses, with stimulating exercises adaptable to all genres. For writers or travelers about to set out on a trip abroad, The Soul of Place is the perfect road trip companion, attuning our senses to a deeper awareness of place.

Author : Dorothy Randall Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780380791422
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul Between the Lines written by Dorothy Randall Gray and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents rituals, exercises, meditations, and inspirational stories designed to help writers unlock their creativity.

Author : John S. Couch
Publisher : John Couch
ISBN 13 : 1989025951
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Creative Rebellion written by John S. Couch and published by John Couch. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a creative mind thrive in a corporate landscape? Can a business leader use creativity to guide teams more effectively? From one of today’s leading creative minds comes a book for modern rebels on building a rewarding life without losing your edge. Written for uncompromising creative thinkers and aspiring changemakers, The Art of Creative Rebellion encapsulates insights and wisdom collected over a life of creative and professional prosperity. In these frank and insightful reflections, John S. Couch shares with young free thinkers the uncompromising principles needed to thrive in a world that seems to reward conformity. Above all, The Art of Creative Rebellion is a guide to shaping a life, career and reality that nourishes the spirit and feeds the soul—without compromises or apologies.

Author : Stephanie Dowrick
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440659419
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creative Journal Writing written by Stephanie Dowrick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the COVR Award for Book of the Year (2007) From the #1 creativity publisher in the country comes our latest creativity bestseller—Creative Journal Writing—the ultimate book for those who are looking to use this powerful tool to heal, expand, and transform their lives. In this exceptionally positive and encouraging book, Stephanie Dowrick frees the journal writer she believes is in virtually everyone, showing through stories and examples that a genuine sense of possibility can be revived on every page. Creative journal writing goes way beyond just recording events on paper. It can be the companion that supports but doesn?t judge, a place of unparalleled discovery, and a creative playground where the everyday rules no longer count. Proven benefits of journal writing include reduced stress and anxiety, increased self-awareness, sharpened mental skills, genuine psychological insight, creative inspiration and motivation, strengthened ability to cope during difficult times, and overall physical and emotional well-being. Combining a rich choice of ideas with wonderful stories, quotes, and her refreshingly intimate thoughts gained through a lifetime of writing, Dowrick?s insights and confidence make journal writing irresistible?and your own life more enchanting. Included in Creative Journal Writing are: u stories of how people have used journal writing to transform their lives; · inspirational instructions, guidelines, and quotes; · key principles, practical suggestions, and helpful hints; · 125 starter topics, designed to help even the most reluctant journal writer; · more than forty powerful exercises; · and much more!

Author : Blake Snyder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781615931712
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Save the Cat! written by Blake Snyder and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!

Author : Daniel Marques
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781481075923
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creative Souls written by Daniel Marques and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a must-read for anyone that wishes to become a writer, because it reveals many facts that, although not present in every single writer, contribute to reveal the source of the skills that most refuse to acknowledge or describe to others. Nevertheless, although many would praise the content here described as path to creativity and a solution for procrastination, many have seen it as a menace to their status quo, and a revelation of knowledge that they wish would never be found. The fact remains that many writers can't deal with competition and threats to their infatuated ego. However, this book is not intended for such type of writer, but for all the others, that don't even know their own potential as writers.To be a writer is not a choice but a life commitment and a spiritual activity to be experienced in a daily basis. Those that refuse the laws of creative writing will never write properly, easily or effortlessly, no matter how many techniques or good ideas they may have. But, throughout the chapters of this book, it's shown the emotional cycle that all artists, especially writers, experience in order to fulfill their purpose. It's explained here how writers travel between the spiritual and material worlds in order to make the connection that later allows them to express in any kind of topic, from self-help to science-fiction books.Writers are powerful beings, capable to endure the most demanding of all tasks, and that's why not everyone can be one. The difference between someone taking a lifetime to write one book and the one able to do it in less than a day, or even an hour, defines a measurement between the most capable soul and the less experienced.To be a creative writer is, above anything else, related to spiritual conscience. The difficulties that this person, traveling between light and darkness, carries are what distinguishes him from other people. This book explains how it occurs and the steps that mature writers can identify with. This is also a book for all those that have lost the ability to write and wish to regain it, and for those that with to write more and faster. It is about the true and only important key to creative writing - the soul of the writer.

Author : Vinita Hampton Wright
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830832316
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soul Tells a Story written by Vinita Hampton Wright and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2005-03-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vinita Hampton Wright leads you through the process and practice of integrating the worlds of Christian spirituality and creativity.

Author : Hazel Denhart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936262090
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing for the Soul of the World written by Hazel Denhart and published by . This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth philosophical and technical treatise on creative writing, integrating a wide range of classic theories from antiquity to the present, covering storytelling, story structure, cultural norms, mythology, and mystical philosophy. Logically and intuitively based ideas are smoothly integrated in this hands-on guide, made accessible to the novice through entertaining memoir moments from the author's most unusual life, yet remaining challenging to the seasoned professional with thought provoking scholarship. Re-titled reprint of The Universal Grammar of Story: An Author's Guide to Writing for the Soul of the World.

Author : Zelda Lockhart
Publisher : Lavenson Press Studios
ISBN 13 : 9780978910266
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soul of the Full-Length Manuscript written by Zelda Lockhart and published by Lavenson Press Studios. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -This book should come with a warning label: 'Be ready, you are going to have to go deeper than you ever imagined.'- Dorothy Allison Author of Bastard Out of Carolina Utilize your emotional, psychological, and spiritual self to produce the first draft of a full-length manuscript. This book helps you take the stuff that has been making a mess of your life and use it instead to make art, harmonized with craft. It acts as creative companion for individuals (those with or without writing experience) as they journey through the sharing of an impactful event in life, do exercises that help them transform internal obstacles into external gifts, and then write resolution and outcome. Lockhart's own rough drafts and excerpts from published fiction, memoir, and poetry of writers like Toi Derricotte, Helena MarIa Viramontes, and Ta‑Nehisi Coates, along with films by writers and directors like Sherman Alexie offer kinship on the journey of unearthing and sharing a personal plot. At times, you will feel that the book is designed to produce a new emotional, psychological, and spiritual you and that your resulting manuscript is merely the byproduct. Both are true of the design, because the purpose of art is to make yourself vulnerable about your experiences here in life--to have the courage to be vulnerable about those experiences so that you can connect with others who came here solo like you and will leave solo just like you. And that process of sharing is transformative.