Writers' Workshops & the Work of Making Things

Patterns, Poetry...

Richard P. Gabriel

268 pages, parution le 04/06/2002

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Résumé

The writers' workshop provides creative writers with a time-tested teaching and revision tool, and business and technical professionals with a new and effective alternative to impersonal peer reviews and scientific workshops. In this intense, interactive, gift-based forum, writers help each other hone their craft and improve individual pieces of work.

Writers' Workshops & the Work of Making Things describes in detail how to conduct and participate in a successful creative or technical workshop. You will learn from the author's own struggles, as well as from the collective experience of the software patterns and creative writing communities.

Topics include:

Origins of the writers' workshop
How the workshop works
The nature of creative work
Workshop players and settings
Workshop preparation
The author's initial presentation
Restating and summarizing the work
Providing positive feedback
Suggestions for improvements
The author's response and revision

Whether you write poems, short stories, documentation, or software, the collective energy of a writers' workshop can significantly enhance innovation, clarity, and effectiveness in your writing. Writers' Workshops & the Work of Making Things will help you get the most from a workshop experience.

Contents

Introduction.
1. Writers' Workshop.
2. Crowd.

I. THE WORK OF MAKING THINGS.
3. The Work of Making Things.
4. Work in Progress.
5. The Gift.

II. THE WRITERS' WORKSHOP.
7. The Setting.
8. In Situ.
9. Preparing for the Workshop.
10. Ten: Shepherds.
11. The Author Reads.
12. Fly on the Wall.
13. Summarize the Work.
14. Positive Feedback.
15. Suggestions for Improvement.
16. Clarifications.
17. Wrapping Up.
18. Revising the Work.
19. Coda: The Work of Making Things.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Richard P. Gabriel
Parution	04/06/2002
Nb. de pages	268
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	495g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780201721836