Elements of Creative Writing by Schraffenberger, J.D, Morgan, Rachel, Tracey, Grant

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Fiction -- Chapter One: One Great Way to Write a Short Story -- Chapter Two: Plotting -- Chapter Three: Counterpointed Plotting -- Chapter Four: Show and Tell -- Chapter Five: Characterization and Method Writing -- Chapter Six: Character and Dialouge -- Chapter Seven: Setting, Stillness, and Voice -- Chapter Eight: Point of View -- Chapter Nine: Learning the Unwritten Rules -- Poetry -- Chapter One: A Poetry State of Mind -- Chapter Two: The Architecture of a Poem -- Chapter Three: Sound -- Chapter Four: Inspiration and Risk -- Chapter Five: Endings and Beginnings -- Chapter Six: Figurative Language -- Chapter Seven: Forms, Forms, Forms -- Chapter Eight: Go to the Image -- Chapter Nine: The Difficult Simplicity of Short Poems and Killing Darlings -- Creative Nonfiction -- Chapter One: Creative Nonfiction and the Essay -- Chapter Two: Truth and Memory, Truth in Memory -- Chapter Three: Research and History -- Chapter Four: Writing Environments -- Chapter Five: Notes on Style -- Chapter Six: Figurative Language -- Chapter Seven: Imagery and the Senses -- Chapter Eight: Writing the Body -- Chapter Nine: Forms -- Back Matter -- Authors -- Contributors -- North American Review Staff…”
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