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For courses in Introduction to Creative Writing or Creative Writing in English or Creative Writing Departments.Â
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 Written by bestselling author Janet Burroway, Imaginative Writing, covers all four genres: creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama. This textbook discusses elements of craft common to all creative writing before delving into the individual genres. After an introduction, the next five chapters each investigate a specific element of craft—Image, Voice, Character, Setting, and Story—from a perspective that crosses all genres. Nearly half of the selections in all four genres are new. New "Try This" exercises give students plenty of practice. Imaginative Writing is a very popular book for courses on teaching the craft of creative writing.
- Organized to enhance learning, the text helps students understand 5 creative techniques shared by all forms of imaginative writing (image, voice, character, setting, and story) before focusing on individual genres (creative non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama).
- Chapter-opening “Warm-Up” exercises employ visual inspiration to captivate new writers.
- “Try-This” exercises throughout each chapter help develop the writing skills discussed in chapter content.
- “Working toward a draft” exercises encourage students to develop ideas into complete drafts.
- 70 complete readings in the 4 genres are integrated into chapters.
- An appendix covers Prosody (study of versification), including units of sound and meter, principles of rhyme and common stanza patterns.
- Free download: The Pearson Guide to the 2021 MLA Handbook.
- NEW: An expanded poetry chapter includes a new section with more than 12 “Try This” exercises that guide the writer through drafting and revising a poem.
- EXPANDED: The drama chapter now outlines the construction of a dramatic scene through a character’s goal, objective and strategy, and introduces the concept of the dramatic beat.
- NEW: Expanded writing opportunities include new chapter-opening photos provided as visual inspiration for “Warm-Up” exercises and new “Try This” exercises throughout.
- NEW: Right-brain exercises drawn from various disciplines are included in an online manual of Collaborative Exercises.
- NEW: Nearly half of the fiction and creative nonfiction selections are new to this edition. Examples include fiction from Jamaica Kincaid, Ursula Le Guin, Edith Pearlman, George Saunders, Tobias Wolff, and Richard Bausch, and creative nonfiction by Aleksandar Hemon, David Sedaris and Michael Chabon.
- NEW: Nearly half of the poetry and drama selections are new to this edition. Examples include poetry by Alicia Ostriker, Erin Belieu, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Kaylin Haught and John Freeman, and drama selections from Will Dunne, Joe DiPietro, Molly Campbell and Chuck O’Connor.
