The writer's idea workshop : how to make your good ideas great

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Title:

The writer's idea workshop : how to make your good ideas great

Author:

Heffron, Jack, 1957-

ISBN:

9781582972176

9781582972794

Personal Author:

Heffron, Jack, 1957-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

228 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

pt. 1: You've got an idea. First thoughts about writing and ideas ; A world of ideas ; The idea file ; The water's fine ; Suspended disbelief and other acts of faith -- pt. 2: Evaluating ideas. Stoking the fire ; Exploding the idea ; Reading is fundamental ; Other people's ideas ; Gaining distance ; Letting go ; Ideas for another time -- pt. 3: Idea parts. Mining for diamonds ; Fish or foul? ; People ; You gotta have arc ; Dot the dragon's eye ; The relativity of truth ; Western Union -- pt. 4: Better ideas. Getting started ; Adding ideas ; Stuck in the middle ; Stuck at the end ; When you're stuck in revision ; Beginning again ; Last words and recommendations.

Abstract:

Presents strategies for turning good ideas into great fiction and nonfiction stories, explaining how to spark inspiration, develop ideas into a piece of writing, assess the ideas, analyze story elements, and troubleshoot the manuscript. Includes over three hundred prompts.

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Whether you have one idea or several, your goal is to create a powerful piece of fiction or nonfiction -- the kind you've always dreamed of writing. The problem comes in transforming that good idea into a great story or article. How do you proceed after that initial flurry of inspiration? In The Writer's Idea Workshop, Jack Heffron guides you through the idea-development process from initial concept to final revision. An accomplished writer, editor and teacher, Heffron writes with an honest, insightful voice -- one that's no-nonsense and instructive, yet a joy to read. Use this book to carry you through a project from beginning to end, or focus on prompts and chapters that speak to specific concerns or problems. Whatever your need, The Writer's Idea Workshop makes the effort of turning good ideas into great writing a pleasure. Book jacket.