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[Closed] Guidebook for "Creative Writing"? Inspiration required.

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Not really creative writing as such, more along the lines of "today write 500 words of non fiction about a historical event", "tomorrow write a two way conversation, in the third person, about food." Etc etc.

After failing to accept my place on an English literature course a decade ago, I'm long overdue some practice. Hopefully I will be doing some Open University education next year to rectify that error in judgment.


 
Posted : 16/12/2014 9:25 pm
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sorry, can't help, was just wondering how long you spent checking your grammar and spellen before posting

(please reply in the manner of a well-to-do lady in the deep southern USA, circa 1850)


 
Posted : 16/12/2014 9:40 pm
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Not a guidebook exactly but is related. war of art steven pressfield is very good if your struggling to get it started. According to the writers i have known reading short stories are the best training, With Raymond Carver being a favourite.


 
Posted : 16/12/2014 9:54 pm
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Have you considered doing a creative writing MOOC to get you started?


 
Posted : 16/12/2014 10:00 pm
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tumblr has quite a community of amateur/fan fiction and writers, quite supportive as internet things go.


 
Posted : 16/12/2014 10:18 pm
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http://www.reddit.com/r/writingprompts


 
Posted : 16/12/2014 11:21 pm
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Stephen King's 'On Writing'? I found it insightful, entertaining and inspiring


 
Posted : 16/12/2014 11:27 pm
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Bird by Bird is a good inspiration

[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bird-Instructions-Writing-Life/dp/0385480016 ]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bird-Instructions-Writing-Life/dp/0385480016[/url]


 
Posted : 17/12/2014 7:33 am

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