This book not only contains a huge sampling of both prose and poetry, but places them into an historical context.
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Review of the Oulipo Compendium
Review of The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem
If you are a teacher of English or creative writing, you will find this book to be a rich source of material to discuss and analyse with your students. And if you are a writer, this book will I’m sure prove to be a good investment in extending your craft.
Read MoreReview of the Penguin Book of Oulipo
The word Oulipo is an acronym of a French group, Ouvroir de littérature potentielle. This is usually translated as Workshop of Potential Literature, although given its association with the sharing and critique of work on creative writing courses, the word ‘workshop’ might be ditched in favour of ‘work room’.
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One of the techniques employed by the Oulipo is known as N+7. This is where you take each noun, and replace it with a word that is seven words on in the dictionary. Of course, results vary according to what dictionary you use. The following article is an N+7 version of my review of the Penguin Book of Oulipo. Enjoy!
Read MoreReview: Short-Form Creative Writing
Short-form writing is neither quick nor easy, but the effort is, in my opinion, worth it. This book explores the form with useful information, challenging exercises, and interesting examples.
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Should writers aim for unmindfulness?
in Bookshelf, Moments, Reviews, Quick looks
Perhaps a useful aim of writers is to lead the reader to put the book or article down, and disappear in a flight of imagination. After all, surely one measure of success is that what you’ve written led someone to think of something, or to make connections, that had not occurred to them before?
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Book review: The Online Journalism Handbook
in Bookshelf, Journalism, Reviews
This is a very useful reference book for anyone who is serious about online journalism.
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Review: The Story of Paintings
With children as the target audience, this book is a fair-paced romp through the history of paintings from cave paintings to the present day. All that in less than 100 pages!
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Writing reviews and reports, by Terry Freedman
Book review round-up to August 2019
in Bookshelf
Here are links to recent book reviews I’ve published on this website. Look out for more soon.
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Books unseen: My Name is Why
A few notes about a forthcoming memoir with a difference.
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What I've been reading: Dreyer's English
A no-nonsense style guide that manages to be both humorous and readable too.
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Book Review: The Writer's Practice
in Bookshelf
This book suggests exercises to help you get to grip with the writing process. Here’s what I thought of it.
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Book review: Brainstorm
What’s a book about epilepsy doing on a writing-related website? Read on and find out.
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Collins Complete Writing Guide
Book review: Collins Complete Writing Guide
Should this book be in the reference section of your bookshelf, or is too lighthearted? Here’s my verdict.
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The Business of Being a Writer
Book review: The Business of Being a Writer
What does this book cover, and is it suitable for writers not based in the USA?
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An eclectic clutch of new books by Terry Freedman
New books received or bought in March 2019
This very mixed bag of books is now in my possession. Here’s some information about each of them, and why I find them potentially interesting, especially for writers.
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Crossword, by Terry Freedman
Review: Four books about crosswords
in Bookshelf
Crossword puzzles are great for writers, as explained in this article, and these four books are worth reading.
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Query letters that worked
Book review: Query letters that worked
This is an interesting book whose title under-promises and over-delivers.
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How to make money as a freelance writer
Book Review: How to make money as a freelance writer
Freelance writers’ earnings tend to be very low for most people. However, this book provides suggestions on how to make decent money in this field.
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