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This is a really excellent work book for people who want to write or who are currently writing fiction. It is an incredibly useful book for people like myself who are running workshops on creative writing. Each chapter is divided into 3 sections. The first section explains the category - eg character, voice, point of view, dialogue, the second section offers examples and the third offers large numbers of practical exercises which can be used either by the solitary writer or in a workshop. The other thing I like about it is that it uses Australian material which makes it easier to engage my students who are, of course, all doing the course in Australia. Kate Grenville also writes in an easy conversational style which makes for enjoyable reading.
excellent for the stuck wannabe writer who needs structured exercises to get moving
Favorite quotes: 1. "The more you read, the better you'll write." 2. "Yours is an individual voice because you're an individual, not quite like any other. Whatever good things come out of your writing will happen because of that individuality." 3. "Punctuation will always be only an approximation of the sound of speech, in the same way that musical notation is only a guide to how a piece of music should sound."
A quick read that speaks to everyone, regardless of your faith or views.
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