*** A new edition is available with the ISBN 9781471801785 *** Is this the right book for me? A n indispensible guide to unlocking your creativity and finding your voice Get Started in Creative Writing will help you choose a genre of writing that suits you best, whether fiction or non-fiction, short stories or novels, children's books or travel writing. It features guidelines for do's and don'ts along with suggestions for crafting a distinctive style.With tips from some of the best-known writers of fiction and non-fiction, you will receive loads of helpful advice to enable you get your own work published. Get Started in Creative Writing includes: Chapter 1: Why write?Chapter 2: Ideas and inspirationsChapter 3: The feature articleChapter 4: The short storyChapter 5: PoetryChapter 6: Creative non-fictionChapter 7: Travel writingChapter 8: BloggingChapter 9: Writing for childrenChapter 10: Starting to write a novel Chapter 11: SettingChapter 12: CharacterizationChapter 13: Plottin