Splicing the strands

Neale, Derek (2009). Splicing the strands. In: Neale, Derek ed. A Creative Writing Handbook: developing dramatic technique, individual style and voice. London: A&C Black, pp. 164–180.

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One of two chapters on how film and drama can influence the writing of fiction, including activities and readings, and sections on - converging characters; montage in fiction and crosscutting longer narratives; genre; time in relation to length of narrative; meetings; controlling tension; linking narratives; poetic cutting; different types of streams of consciousness.

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• Item ORO ID
• 18791
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 1-4081-0941-7, 978-1-4081-0941-0
• Keywords
• fiction; novels; short stories; creative writing; drama; genre; film; plays; monologues; scenes; montage; cutting; narrative.
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > English & Creative Writing
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Research Group
• Contemporary Cultures of Writing
• Copyright Holders
• © The Open University, © 2009 A & C Black Ltd
• Related URLs
• • http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/english/neale...
• Depositing User
• Derek Neale