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Write Poetry and Get it Published: Find your subject, master your style and jump-start your poetic writing(TY Creative Writing)

Write Poetry and Get it Published: Find your subject, master your style and jump-start your poetic writing(TY Creative Writing)


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A comprehensive guide to writing poetry Write Poetry - and Get it Published is a user-friendly and comprehensive guide written by two well-published poets that will prove indispensible if you're seeking creative guidance, inspiration and practical advice. Covering everything from mood, style and tone to poetry on the internet, this fully updated edition will help you find your voice. Containing straightforward advice and the very latest on prizes, festivals and performance poetry, this book will enable an aspiring or seasoned poet alike to gain the confidence and necessary knowledge to write and publish compelling poetry. Write Poetry and Get it Published includes: Chapter 1: What does it take to be a poet? Chapter 2: Bump-starting the poem Chapter 3: A challenge to the reader: groundwork exercises Chapter 4: Getting started: working arrangements Chapter 5: I gotta use words when I talk to you Chapter 6: Letters, alphabets and lists Chapter 7: Visualizing Chapter 8: Drafting and revision Chapter 9: Using models Chapter 10: The co-operative approach Chapter 11: Subject matter Chapter 12: Context, mood and tone Chapter 13: Writing in different modes Chapter 14: Style Chapter 15: Getting the rhymes to chose you Chapter 16: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing Chapter 17: Translation Chapter 18: Writing for children Chapter 19: Getting published Chapter 20: ipoems and cyber verse Chapter 21: Reading aloud Chapter 22: Poetry prizes and festivals Chapter 23: ars poetica ABOUT THE SERIES The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their story. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels, to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community at tyjustwrite, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

Table of Contents:
: acknowledgements 01: what does it take to be a poet? 02: bump-starting the poem 03: a challenge to the reader: groundwork exercises 04: getting started: working arrangements 05: i gotta use words when i talk to you 06: visualising 07: drafting and revision 08: using models 09: the co-operative approach 10: subject matter 11: context, mood and tone 12: writing in different modes 13: style 14: getting the rhymes to choose you 15: it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing 16: translation 17: writing for children 18: getting published 19: reading aloud 20: ars poetica : last words : taking it further

About the Author :
John Hartley Williams is a poet and a teacher at the University of Berlin who has published nine collections of poetry. Two of his books have been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Matthew Sweeney writes poetry for children and adults and is a creative writing teacher.

Review :
comprehensive and practical...the next best thing to having [the authors] on hand to encourage and coach you - - Obsessed with Pipework


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781444103243
  • Publisher: John Murray Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Teach Yourself
  • Height: 196 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: TY Creative Writing
  • Sub Title: Find your subject, master your style and jump-start your poetic writing
  • Width: 128 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1444103245
  • Publisher Date: 30 Apr 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 219 gr


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