Publishing of Book:The Art and Craft of Creative Writing

Thanks for visiting my blog for the past four years. During that time, I’ve read and learned about the writing life, poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. I have read many books, learned a great deal, and written a couple hundred craft essays. In January of this year, I decided to write a book based on what I have learned. And so from April until a couple of weeks ago, I wrote a how-to creative writing eBook. It is called “The Art and Craft of Creative Writing.” It is based on what I have learned. To purchase the book, visit http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F4VOYRK

The book is more than 400 pages long and includes the following chapters chapters:

Table of Content

About the Author 3
Introduction. 4
THE WRITING LIFE. 7
The Art and Craft of Writing. 8
The Writing Life: Journal Writing. 16
The Writing Life: Reading Like a Writer 19
The Writing Life: Learning to Write Creatively. 24
The Writing Life: Finding Inspiration to Write. 29
Ten Myths about Writing. 33
Writer’s Block. 36
The Writing Life: Developing Your Writing Voice. 39
Blogging as a Form of Creative Writing. 44
The Writing Process. 49
Writing the Opening. 54
Writing the Ending. 57
Revising Your Work. 60
WRITING FREE VERSE POETRY.. 65
Poetry: An Overview.. 66
Free Verse Poetry: An Overview.. 74
The Title of a Poem.. 80
Finding Inspiration and a Subject for Your Poem.. 83
Writing Free Verse: Stanza, Line, Syntax. 87
Writing Free Verse: Word Choice. 93
Writing Free Verse: Adding Sensory Details. 96
Writing Free Verse: Using Figurative Language. 100
Writing Free Verse: Adding Sound Effects. 104
Writing Free Verse: Meter and Rhythm.. 108
Writing the Prose Poem.. 113
Learning to Write Free Verse Poetry. 116
WRITING SHORT FICTION.. 123
Writing Short Fiction: An Overview.. 124
Writing Short Fiction: Creating the Setting. 130
Writing Short Fiction: The Plot 134
Writing Short Fiction: Character and Characterization. 139
Writing Short Fiction: Dialogue. 144
Writing Short Fiction: Point of View.. 148
Writing Short Fiction: The Theme. 152
Writing Short Fiction: Literary Techniques and Poetic Devices. 155
Writing Short Fiction: Voice and Writing Style. 161
Writing Short Fiction: Beginning and Ending. 166
How to Write a Short Story. 170
WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION.. 176
Writing Creative Nonfiction: An Overview.. 177
The Ethics of Creative Nonfiction. 184
Writing Creative Nonfiction: Using Humour in Your Writing. 189
Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Personal Narrative Essay. 194
Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Opinion Essay. 202
Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Meditative Essay. 209
Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Lyrical Essay. 215
Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Segmented Essay. 219
Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Literary Journalism Essay. 224
The Literary Journalism Essay: On Popular Culture. 229
Writing Creative Nonfiction: Narrative History. 237
The Literary Journalism Essay: The Global Village. 243
Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Profile/Biography Sketch. 248

For anyone who desires to embrace the writing life, write free verse poetry, write short fiction, write creative nonfiction, such as the personal essays, and more, this book is for you. It is filled with advice, tips, suggestions, how-to explanations, and more. You can buy it at Amazon for $7.00. To purchase the book, visit: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F4VOYRK I will not be making any more posts to this blog. It is time for another project. Good luck in your writing endeavors. Dave Hood,B.A.