Clive Matson

eBook, ePUB

Let the Crazy Child Write! (eBook, ePUB)

Finding Your Creative Writing Voice

Beschreibung

Let the Crazy Child Write! grew out of hundreds of creative writing workshops that Clive Matson has led during his career as poet and writer. Here he guides readers as individuals or in groups through twelve seminars designed to overcome inhibitions, locate hidden originality, and find a true creative writing voice. Let the Crazy Child Write! links the playful energy of the creative unconscious essential to strong writing to a solid, in-depth course of writing basics: Image Detail, Slow Motion, Hook, Persona Writing, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot, Narrative Presence, Good Clichés, Character, Surrealism, and Resolution. It is a comprehensive, hands-on and fun working seminar that will help both novices and professionals improve their writing abilities and unleash their creativity.

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Autor

Clive Matson began his writing career among the Beat Generation in New York City in the 1960s, mentored by Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, John Wieners, and Diane di Prima. He received his MFA from Columbia University in 1989. Clive has published nine volumes of poetry, numerous articles in literary journals, and the writing textbook Let the Crazy Child Write! He participated in the European Beat Studies Network Conference in Paris, 2017, where he gave the premier performance of his newest work, Hello, Paradise. Paradise, Goodbye. He was the recipient of the Pen Oakland Josephine Miles National Literary Award in 2004 and the East Bay Express Best Writing Teacher award in 2006. In 2012 the City of Berkeley honored Clive with their Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New World Library
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781577312932
• Artikelnr.: 37941210