Creative writing - Mike Sanders 2014
You, the writer
Reading and writing
All writing is autobiographical
Making journal writing a habit
Compelling craft
The function of generalizations
Dynamic details
Speech, voice, and point of view
Energetic figures of speech
Making replacements with metonymy
Giving life with personification
Convincing character voice
Finding similarities and differences with contrast
Influential point of view
Understanding and establishing distance
Character, setting, and types of stories
Magnetic characterization
Understanding authorial interpretation
Potent setting
Constructing your story’s world
Plot/story, struggle, and connections
Connections between characters
Short-form genres
The masterful essay
The lifelike short story
Short and sweet flash fiction
Reading other flash fiction writers
Getting your flash fiction published
The arresting poem
The believable one-act play
Equally essential nonverbal sound
Long-form genres
The realities of nonfiction and memoir
What about authorial intrusion?
The longer story: The novel
Understanding novel story and plot
Knowing when to write scene versus summary
Employing backstory and flashback
Implementing prosodic features
The play and screenplay people want to watch
Writing dialogue for the stage
Creating nonverbal communication
The seamless book of poetry
Identifying commonalities in verse
Identifying common images and metaphors
Commonalities in prosody, rhythm, and rhyme
The collective book of essays/stories
Similarities in scenes and summaries
Common use of backstory and flashback
Drafting, researching, and editing
Drafting and structuring
Assembling the pieces with quilting
Empowering research
The importance of taking notes
Revising and editing
Getting published
Finding agents and publishers
Making the most of query letters
Dealing with rejection and staying persistent
Publishing your work