Janet Burroway, Imaginative Writing. The Elements of Craft. New York: Penguin Academics, 2007. My rating: *** Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft by Janet Burroway This is a large and detailed book on how to engage in creative writing. Each chapter contains explanations of various elements such as ‘image’, ‘voice’, ‘character’. It covers techniques of …
Kate Grenville, Searching for the Secret River, Melbourne: Text Publishing Company, 2006. My rating: *** Searching for the Secret River by Kate Grenville In this book the Australian writer Kate Grenville explains the process – both in terms of research and creative composition – that she went through in the writing of her award winning …
Kate Grenville, The Writing Book. A Workbook for Fiction Writers. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 1990. My rating: **** The Writing Book: A Workbook for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville This is a really excellent work book for people who want to write or who are currently writing fiction. It is also an incredibly useful …
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