Creative Writing
- Poetry: handouts and short articles designed to help budding versifiers improve their work.
- Short Story: thoughtful tips for serious beginners and emergency tips for students on a tight deadline.
- Interactive Fiction (IF) is a particular form of computer-mediated narrative, resembling a very finely-grained "Choose Your Own Adventure" story.
Recent Additions
24 May, 2003; by Kathy Kennedy, UWEC
Senior
Short
Stories: 10 Tips for Novice Creative Writers
A short story starts close to the conclusion, conserves characters,
scenes and details, and usually focuses on a single problem and a short
time period. This page offers tips on writing dialogue, building to
a climax, and capturing the reader's interest.
Top 10 Tips
for Writing Poetry
Know your goal; avoid clichés; avoid sentimentality;
use images; use metaphor and simile; use concrete words; communicate
theme; subvert the ordinary; rhyme with extreme caution; and revise,
revise, revise.
Poetry is for the
Ear
Whatever poetry you write or read, learn to listen with the
ears of your audience. Pay attention to the sounds the words
make. Writing in "free verse" does not excuse the poet's obligation
to please the ear.
