Creative Writing How to Develo Adele Ramet

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.Genre.�The�literary�category�into�which�your�work�falls.In�house�magazine.�Publications�produced�by�companies�for�their�employees�containing�items�of�news�about�staff�and�changes�within�the�organisation.Interaction.�How�characters�react�to�the�people,�settings�and�objects�around�them.Letter�to�the�editor.�Letter�intended�for�publication�on�a�magazine�or�newspaper's�letters�page.Location.�Where�the�story�is�set.Motivation.�The�reasons�for�a�character's�behaviour�and�attitudes.Mule.�Someone�who�carries�concealed�drugs�through�customs�for�drug�smugglers.Multiple�submission.�Sending�the�same�manuscript�simultaneously�to�a�number�of�different�publishers.Narrative�style.�Using�a�narrator�to�tell�the�story.Page�130Non�fiction.�Fact.Outline.�Flexible�step�by�step�plan�of�a�manuscript.PC.�Personal�computer.Piece.�An�article�intended�for�publication.Plot.�The�plan�of�events�running�through�a�story.Police�procedural.�A�crime�novel�where�the�detective�is�a�police�officer.Political�correctness.�The�requirement�that�attitudes�and�vocabulary�in�your�manuscript�are�not�offensive�with�regard�to�race,�sex,�creed�etc.Potted�history.�Brief�resum�of�a�character's�background.Protagonist.�The�main�character.Reader�identification.�Characters�and�situations�which�are�instantly�recognisable�to�your�intended�readership.Red�herring.�Clue�deliberately�implicating�the�wrong�suspect�in�a�crime�story.Self�publisher.�An�author�who�publishes�and�markets�their�own�book.Short�story.�A�work�of�fiction�of�less�than�10,000�words.Showing�not�telling.�Using�interaction�rather�than�narration�to�depict�the�sequence�of�events�in�an�article�or�story.Slush�pile.�Collection�of�unsolicited�manuscripts�waiting�to�be�read�by�an�editor�or�agent.Stereotype.�A�fixed�image�of�specific�groups�based�on�age,�sex,�race,�religion,�social�status�etc.Stringer.�Contributor�of�items�of�news�to�a�local�newspaper.Syndication.�To�offer�manuscripts�for�simultaneous�sale�to�publications�worldwide.Synopsis.�A�step�by�step�resum�of�a�book's�story.Unsolicited�manuscript.�A�manuscript�submitted�unrequested�for�a�publisher�or�agent's�consideration.Vanity�publisher.�A�company�which�will�agree�to�publish�your�manuscript�in�return�for�payment.Page�131Answers�to�AssignmentsChapter�5��Suggested�Rewrite�of�'Showing'�Not�'Telling'�ExerciseOriginalIt�had�been�raining�hard�for�days.�Water�streamed�from�the�gutters�of�every�roof,�pouring�down�windows,�along�pavements,�running�in�fast�moving�rivulets�along�each�road.�Beneath�the�street,�torrents�of�water�gushed�and�gurgled�beneath�the�feet�of�the�people�hurrying�along�the�shiny�wet�pavements,�pushing�and�shoving�one�another�in�their�haste�to�get�out�of�the�rain.�Steel�grey�storm�clouds�gathered�overhead,�meeting�one�another�head�on�in�preparation�for�yet�another�downpour.�It�was�very,�very�wet.�(85�words)RewriteIt�was�the�third�time�this�week�Claire�has�been�soaked�to�the�skin�on�her�way�to�work�and�she'd�had�enough.�Why,�she�wondered,�did�heavy�rain�bring�out�the�worst�in�people?�The�way�they�pushed�and�shoved,�it�was�as�though�they�believed�they'd�dissolve�if�they�got�too�wet.�Anxiously,�Claire�lowered�her�umbrella�to�peer�up�at�the�sky.�More�grey�clouds.�Not�a�hope�of�a�break�in�the�weather.�(77�words)Chapter�6��Date�the�Slang�Expressions1.�1920 30s.2.�1960 70s.3.�1980 90s.Page�132Useful�AddressesBlake�Friedmann,�Literary,�TV�and�Film�Agency,�37 41�Gower�Street,�London�WC1E�6HH.�Tel:�(0171)�631�4331.The�British�Science�Fiction�Association�Ltd,�Membership�Secretary,�Paul�Dillinger,�1�Long�Row�Close,�Everdon,�Daventry,�Northamptonshire�NN11�3BE.Comedy�Writers�Association�of�Great�Britain,�Ken�Rock,�61�Parry�Road,�Wolverhampton�WV11�2PS.�Tel:�(01902)�722729.Crime�Writers'�Assocation,�60�Drayton�Road,�Kings�Heath,�Birmingham�B14�7LR.Heinemann�Educational�Publishers,�Halley�Court,�Jordan�Hill,�Oxford�OX2�8EJ.National�Association�of�Writers'�Groups,�The�Arts�Centre,�Biddick�Lane,�Washington,�Tyne�&�Wear�NE38�8AB.�Tel:�(0191)�416�9751.National�Union�of�Journalists,�Acorn�House,�314 320�Gray's�Inn�Road,�London�WC1X�8DP.�Tel:�(0171)�278�7916.New�Playwrights�Trust,�Interchange�Studios,�Dalby�Street,�London�NW5�3NQ.�Tel:�(0171)�284�2818 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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