Where do you get your ideas?
Subtitle: a writer's guide to transforming notions into narratives
By: Fred White
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cincinnati, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781599635309
Subjects: Authorship; Technique; Creative writing; Fiction
Description: "Discover the journey from initial idea to completed story." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Strategies; title: Introduction; title: Where to look for ideas and how to recognize them; title: Getting ideas out of the blue; title: Working an idea, Stage I: free-associating; title: Working an idea, Stage II: listing, mapping, profiling, and illustrating with collages; title: Working with an idea, Stage III: Preparing an outline and synopsis; title: Working an idea, Stage IV: developing your ideas through research; title: Working an idea, Stage V: taking the leap of faith: writing a first draft; title: Working an idea, Stage VI: the fine art of revising your draft; title: 2. Applications; title: Building a modern story from an ancient myth step-by-step; title: Creating a short story from a newspaper report; title: Centering your memoir on family memorabilia; title: Structuring your novel around a symbol or event; title: Seventy-five seminal ideas for your novel; title: Concluding reflections on working with ideas.