It's also about surviving the roller-coaster of the creative journey.
Self-doubt, fear of failure, the need for validation, perfectionism, writer's block, comparisonitis, overwhelm, and much more. When you're going through these things, it can feel like you're alone. But actually, they are part of the creative process, and every author goes through them too.
This book collects the mindset issues that writers experience, that I have been through myself over the last nine years, and that perhaps you will experience at different times on the creative journey.
Each small chapter tackles a possible issue and then offers an antidote, so that you can dip in and out over time. It includes excerpts from my own personal journals as well as quotes from well-known writers. I hope it helps you on the road to becoming a successful author.
The book includes:
Part 1: Mindset Aspects of Creativity and Writing
Self-doubt and imposter syndrome
Need for validation
Fear of failure
Fear of rejection and criticism
Your inner critic
Fear of judgment
Perfectionism
Writer's block and procrastination
"I'm not creative. I don't have any ideas"
"My writing isn't original"
"Why write? There are too many books in the world already"
"I don't have the time or self-discipline to write"
"I'm not finding writing much fun. It's hard work."
"I keep starting things and not finishing them"
Dealing with friends, family and writer's groups
"How do I find my voice?"
Comparisonitis or "Everyone is better than me"
Part 2: Mindset Aspects after Publishing
Anti-climax and creative dissatisfaction
What is your definition of success?
What happens when you tell people that you're an author?
"I'm overwhelmed"
Dealing with fans, authenticity and drawing the line
Описание: An indispensable handbook for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of writing a novel or short story, this jargon-free guide is full of practical tips and helpful discussion. The authors draw on their extensive experience as expert teachers to enable all budding authors of fiction to gain in self-confidence.
Автор: Messenger William E. Название: The Concise Canadian Writer`s Handbook ISBN: 0199021090 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199021093 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 27586.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: The Concise Canadian Writer`s Handbook is a streamlined version of the well-established Canadian Writer`s Handbook.
Описание: A comprehensive guide to the speculative sub-genre of alternate history fiction, this book maps the unique terrain of this vibrant mode of storytelling and then explains how to write it. First giving a concise conceptual overview and the critical tools to differentiate the different forms of counterfactual fiction, Jack Dann lays out the ‘tricks of the trade’ such ‘Heinleining’, how to create recognizable ‘divergent points’ and how to employ paratextual elements and ‘layering’ to overcome readers’ unfamiliarity with invented counterfactual events and cultures. Alongside this, Dann takes you step-by-step through a complete short story to demonstrate, line-by-line, how alternative history fiction works. As well as Dann's exacting methodology for writing professional quality alternate history stories, this book also features a live-on-the-page Q&A with some of the most esteemed alternate history writers working today, including Kim including Kim Stanley Robinson, Pamela Sargent, William Gibson, John Birmingham, and John Crowley among many others, who will detail their own particular hacks, theories, processes, methods and strategies. Combining extensive and deep knowledge of the field with accessible writing advice, this is the ultimate guidebook to the broad and complex sub-genre of counterfactual and alterative history fiction.
Автор: Steve Westbrook, James Ryan Название: Beyond Craft: An Anti-Handbook for Creative Writers ISBN: 1350119458 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350119451 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 12672.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Simultaneously a handbook and a critique of one, Beyond Craft combines an orientation to the field of creative writing with an insight into current scholarship surrounding creative writing pedagogy. A much-needed alternative to the traditional craft guide, this text pairs advice and exercises on composition with an illuminating commentary on the issues surrounding these very techniques. Teaching the craft whilst apprising students of the issues of craft pedagogy, this book allows them to gain an awareness of how current pedagogy comes at the expense of larger and increasingly relevant cultural concerns. Westbrook and Ryan bring emerging writers into the larger conversations that define the field, inviting them to:
- Contextualize their own writing practices and educational experiences in relation to the history of creative writing as an academic discipline.
- Determine how New Critical lore and Romantic mythology may affect-even distort-their understanding of literary production.
- Critically examine their notions of authorship, collaboration, and invention in relation to contemporary literary and rhetorical theory.
- Understand and evaluate the economic, social, political, and professional challenges facing creative writers today.
- Analyze the contemporary literary marketplace not only to identify potential publication contexts but also to understand how issues of diversity and bias affect writing communities.
- Reflect on how increasingly rapid technological developments may affect their own writing and the future of literature.
Earnestly self-aware throughout, Beyond Craftboth inducts new writers into the field of creative writing and infuses them with an understanding of the wider dialogue surrounding their craft
Автор: Burton, Sarah Poster, Jem Название: Book you need to read to write the book you want to write ISBN: 1009073737 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781009073738 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An indispensable handbook for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of writing a novel or short story, this jargon-free guide is full of practical tips and helpful discussion. The authors draw on their extensive experience as expert teachers to enable all budding authors of fiction to gain in self-confidence.
Автор: Casson, Leslie E. Korba, Susan Название: A Writer`s handbook ISBN: 1554813700 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781554813704 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2633.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A century ago, horses were ubiquitous in America. They plowed the fields, transported people and goods within and between cities and herded livestock. Then, in just a few decades, the horses vanished in a wave of emerging technologies. At the same time, those technologies fostered unprecedented economic growth, and with it a culture of recreation and leisure that opened a new place for the horse.
Описание: Designed with the fiction writer in mind, this book presents a combination of creative prompts and exercises focused on Character, Setting, Plot, and Voice. As writers move through these four key areas of storytelling, they will find: *Everything from open-ended prompts to step-by-step exercises *Linked activities that encourage writers to build on previous work *Questions for thought and reflection to promote deeper exploration of content In just 15 minutes a day, this book will help beat writer's block and open the doors of creativity, while simultaneously providing opportunities to develop craft. Creative Writing is an essential tool for the writer at heart.
Автор: Lowenkopf Shelly Название: The Fiction Writer`s Handbook ISBN: 0983632944 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780983632948 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3440.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Written collaboratively by writing instructors at the Queen`s University Writing Centre, A Writer`s Handbook is a compact yet thorough guide to academic writing for a North American audience. This clear and concise handbook outlines strategies both for thinking assignments through and for writing them well.
Автор: Messenger William E., de Bruyn Jan, Brown Judy Название: The Canadian Writer`s Handbook: Second Essentials Edition ISBN: 0199025576 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199025572 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6541.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: The Canadian Writer's Handbook, Second Essentials Edition is a streamlined version of the successful Concise Canadian Writer's Handbook. The Essentials Edition uses the accessible, well-organized, and classroom-tested structure of the full volume, and continues to feature descriptions and examples of the entire writing process, from basic grammar, to constructing sentences and paragraphs, to pre-writing, composing, proofreading, and editing. This new edition features a fully updated documentation section that uses special colour coding to help students recognize the common elements among in-text and reference citations.
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