Get Started in Creative Writing: A Teach Yourself Guide (Teach Yourself: Writing)

What are you waiting for? This book has everything you need to get started!

Get Started in Creative Writing provides the creative inspiration you need to get started and supports you in the completion of your first pieces of creative writing - a short story, a poem, a draft of a novel or screenplay. Each chapter includes a central writing exercise and four shorter ones, while key quotes, key ideas and focus points will be clearly signposted and will summarize important concepts and advice. At the heart of each chapter is a "Workshop." The Workshop is a key exercise, in which you will gain a deeper insight into the craft of writing.

In addition to coverage of all the key genres and their conventions, this new edition includes an expanded section on self- and digital publishing, to reflect recent advances in technology and the wide variety of digital platforms now available for the distribution of creative writing. There will be a section on the latest trend of creative journaling, and insight into how to tap the potential of the Internet to be the world's largest creative writing workshop.