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Let the Crazy Child Write: Finding Your Creative Writing Voice (Paperback)

by Clive Matson (Author) "We begin with "image detail" because it's essential for strong writing, and because it's fun..." (more)
Key Phrases: slow motion writing, plot germs, kindergarten rules, Crazy Child, Linda Cohen, Three Easy Moves (more...)
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Book Description
Twelve lively, in-depth chapters reveal how following our untrained impulses -- our creative unconscious or "Crazy Child" -- gives an authentic grasp on writing stories, poems, plays, and essays. Let the Crazy Child Write! introduces exercises that explicitly tap this knowledge and also presents guidelines on how to give, and receive, constructive feedback. This is the first how-to-write text to give full credit to the creative unconscious since Becoming a Writer, the 1934 classic by Dorothea Brande. Matson goes further by developing writing techniques step by step: Image Detail, Slow Motion, Hook, Persona Writing, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot, Narrative Presence, Good Clich s, Character, Surrealism, and Resolution.

Product Details
  • Paperback: 267 pages
  • Publisher: New World Library (October 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 188003235X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1880032350
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #549,531 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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