The Road to Somewhere

This revised, updated and expanded new edition of The Road to Somewhere will help you to acquire the craft and disciplines needed to develop as a writer in today's world. It is ideal for anyone - student writers, writing teachers and seasoned authors - seeking practical guidance, new ideas and creative inspiration.

The Road to Somewhere: A Creative Writing Companion, second edition offers:

• New chapters on writing for digital media, flash fiction, memoir, style and taking your writing out into the world
• updated chapters on fiction, scripts, poetry, and experimental forms
• An examination of creative processes and advice on how to read as a writer
• Many practical exercises and useable course materials
• Extensive references and suggestions for further reading
• Information on how to get work published or produced, in real and virtual worlds
• Tips on how to set up and run writing workshops and groups
• A complete Agony Aunt section to help with blocks and barriers
• Guidance on the more technical aspects of writing such as layout and grammar

And, to lighten your writing journey a little, we've tried to make this second edition even wittier and smarter than the first. So whether you see yourself as a published professional or a dedicated dabbler, this is the book to take along for the ride.

Auteur

Robert Graham is Creative Writing Subject Leader in the Contemporary Arts department of Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Contenu

Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; Heather Leach
PART I: GETTING GOING

1. Becoming a Writer; Heather Leach
2. Creativity; Heather Leach
3. Journals & Notebooks; Robert Graham
4. The Necessity of Mess; John Singleton
5. Visions and Dreams; Julie Armstrong
6. A Writer's Territory; Julie Armstrong
7. Reading As A Writer; Heather Leach
8. Writing Together: Groups and Workshops; Heather Leach
9. Reflection: Looking Your Words in the Face; Robert Graham and Heather Leach
10. Revision: Cut It Out, Put It In; Robert Graham
    PART II: ON THE ROAD
11. Layout for Fiction & Memoir; Robert Graham
12. Characterisation; Robert Graham
13. Point of View; Robert Graham
14. Dialogue; John Singleton
15. Setting; Helen Newall
16. Plot: Your Vehicle; Robert Graham
17. Immediacy: It's Showtime; Robert Graham
18. Style; Robert Graham
19. Memoir; Robert Graham
20. Flash Fiction; David Gaffney
21. Scriptwriting for Nervous Beginners; Helen Newall
22. Poetry; Robert Sheppard and Scott Thurston
23. Poetry for People Who Don't Like Poetry; Heather Leach
24. Digital Writing; Heather Leach and Helen Newall
    PART III: GOING WHERE?
25. Writing As Self-Invention; Julie Armstrong
26. Taking Your Writing Out Into The World; Robert Graham
27. Getting Published; John Singleton
28. How Not Being Published Can Change Your Life; Heather Leach
    PART IV: HELP
29. Paragraphing and Punctuation; Robert Graham
    Agony Aunt
    PART V: GOING FURTHER
    Writer's Bookshelf
    Writers' and Readers' Festivals
    Notes
    Index.