Adventures in reading

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Adventures in reading

FromWriting Challenges

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Aug 7, 2012

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The relationship between reading and writing and how being an 'original' reader can help with creativity.

Released:

Aug 7, 2012

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (19)

David Morley, Director of the Warwick Writing Programme, leads you through a series of creative writing challenges designed to help you develop your creativity and talent as a writer and reader.

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Points of view in fiction: Where do you, the writer, stand in relation to your characters and readers? by Writing Challenges
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Beginning at the Beginning: How do I begin? by Writing Challenges
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Play, Pleasure and Games: Introducing the Writing Challenges podcast and setting challenge number 1 - The Word Hoard. <a href="http://odeo.com/claim/feed/47a3e11b60d61c7b">My Odeo Channel</a> (odeo/47a3e11b60d61c7b) <a href="http://www.podshow.com/"> Podshow PDN </a> {podshow-77fc408d91196dd73cc96103e5c946f6} by Writing Challenges
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Dreaming a Fictional Continuum: So, after all, it was a dream... A fiction writer depends on the dream or fantasy of scenes that are true to life or, at least, carry verisimilitude however fantastic the setting or story. by Writing Challenges
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The Campaign for Real Language: Creative writing's capacity for the creation of illusion-as-truth can make it a dangerous tool. by Writing Challenges
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Murdering your darlings: All writing is rewriting. With fiction the best test is to read your story aloud, and read it to somebody. by Writing Challenges
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The House of Fiction: Should you be trying to achieve artistic truth in your fiction or writing the next commercial blockbuster? by Writing Challenges
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Character is Story: Character is the heart and mind of your story - it is what makes it live. by Writing Challenges
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Language's Magic: Natural magic informs every function of our bodies, our life span and the way we perceive. by Writing Challenges
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The Painless Headache: The role of consciousness in writing and the creative process. by Writing Challenges
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The Character Called the Writer: Finding your voice will stimulate your progress as a writer. This week's challenge focusses on your self and selves, helping you to get to know the dimensions of your voice. by Writing Challenges
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Fieldwork for Writers: Everything is quarry, everyone is material, and everywhere is fieldwork. by Writing Challenges
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Shakespeare's Field Trip: When we use words, we have to use the right words and the right words in the best order. by Writing Challenges
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The Palettes for Fiction: Although the marketplace for short stories is difficult, many new writers choose to begin with writing them, almost as a right of passage, a place for honing language, testing their narrative nerve over a shortish distance, and organising a palette. by Writing Challenges
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The Truth About Pride and Prejudice: Form in fiction is a specific and conscious decision, but your final decision may take several drafts and unsuccessful trials before you find that which suits the material best. by Writing Challenges
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Conflict and Crisis: When reading novels as a writer, you will immediately notice the importance of conflict as the engine of fiction. by Writing Challenges
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A Mental Switch: How to get into the writing 'zone'. How do you translate the desire to write into the will to write? by Writing Challenges
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Music, Movement and Brain-Blocking: Mess with your brain to get the best writing out of it. by Writing Challenges
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Adventures in reading: The relationship between reading and writing and how being an 'original' reader can help with creativity. by Writing Challenges
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Adventures in reading

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