• ISBN13: 9781137532527
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publisher Imprint: Palgr Mac
• Publication Date: May 12, 2016
• Pages: 200
• Original Price: GBP 23.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 250 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Writing / General

About the Book Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for writers interested in honing their craft. Whether you're a poet, non-fiction writer, novelist, journalist, student or simply a lover of words, it will take you on an exciting and challenging journey to becoming a sophisticated writer.

As in the learning of any true craft or art, first the focus is on specific skills, then on consolidating those skills, which by the end will be innate. Through a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts, Playing with Words will help you develop your writing, trying out new styles and approaches along the way. Use this book in a class, in a group, or alone in a writer's attic.

Davidow, Shelley: - Shelley Davidow is an international author of 46 books and Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Recent titles include the memoirs Runaways (2022), Shadow Sisters (2018), Whisperings in the Blood (2016), and the creative writing textbook Playing with Words: An Introduction to Creative Writing Craft co-authored with Paul Williams. www.shelleydavidow.com; https: //www.facebook.com/ShelleyDavidow; twitter: @shelleydavidow

Williams, Paul: - Paul Williams is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Deputy Head of Research in the School of Business and Creative Industries at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has published prize-winning fiction, young adult novels, memoir, non-fiction and short stories, a series of crime novels, and textbooks on creative writing including Novel Ideas: Writing Innovative Fiction (2019) and Playing with Words: An Introduction to Creative Writing Craft (2016), co-authored with Shelley Davidow. www.paulwilliamsauthor.com