Creative Writing Exercises

Creative Writing Exercises

 I enclosed a sample chapter of some 20 pages. Nothing in the proposal gave me more grief or How could I possibly write a full chapter when I hadn’t even begun my research? I persevered and decided I could write intelligently about one aspect of my subject’s life to which I was already privy. I wrote, re-tooled, and repeated until it read like a book chapter (including chapter notes). Not surprisingly, the sample chapter resembles little of today’s finished product. But that’s OK. Here, as in the introduction, I was auditioning for the role I hoped would be offered. I enclosed a sample chapter of some 20 pages. Nothing in the proposal gave me more grief or How could I possibly write a full chapter when I hadn’t even begun my research? I persevered and decided I could write intelligently about one aspect of my subject’s life to which I was already privy. I wrote, re-tooled, and repeated until it read like a book chapter (including chapter notes). Not surprisingly, the sample chapter resembles little of today’s finished product. But that’s OK. Here, as in the introduction, I was auditioning for the role I hoped would be offered.

Creative Writing Exercises

  Creative Writing Exercises

  Creative Writing Exercises

  Creative Writing Exercises

  Creative Writing Exercises

  Creative Writing Exercises

  Creative Writing Exercises

  Creative Writing Exercises

  Creative Writing Exercises