The exercise book : creative writing exercises from Victoria University's Institute of Modern Letters /

The exercise book : creative writing exercises from Victoria University's Institute of Modern Letters / edited by Bill Manhire [and others]. - 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes index.

Starting the engine -- Stealing and borrowing -- Jumping the tracks -- Memory prompts -- Exploring the craft -- Working on my rewrite -- Building a script -- Making worlds -- On you go.

Contains writing prompts to help beginning writers and to help tackle writer's block. In between are exercises from a host of New Zealand and international writers that explore the nuts and bolts of craft - in poetry, fiction and scriptwriting - along with others that tap into sources of inspiration or show the value of revision and editing.

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Creative writing--Problems, exercises, etc.

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