Basher Basics: Creative Writing
UK Edition
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- £2.99
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
With its lively, distinctive approach, this is a unique one-stop guide to the basics of creative writing. Meet Plot, who keeps a story running and its events moving in the right order; Atmosphere, who can fill a scene with suspense; a cast of Heroes and Villains including Protagonist and Narrator; and chatty, talkative Dialogue. Plus tonnes of detail on the building blocks of narrative and what makes creative writing work.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Part of the expansion of the Basher series into topics other than science, this concise guide breaks down stories and storytelling, illustrated by Basher's recognizable brand of cute, animesque cartoon iconography. The book is divided into five sections: "What's the Story?" examines nine genres of writing, including adventure and horror ("Scads of my once wild predictions have collided smack into ordinary reality," boasts Science Fiction, wearing a spacesuit and balancing a futuristic city on its head), and subsequent chapters cover theme, setting, plot, structure, viewpoint, diction, and more. Each topic is explained clearly and with light humor "You can't shut me up!" says Dialogue, represented as two sharp-edged sets of lips and a foldout poster underscores how these many parts come together to create a story. Ages 8 up.
