Creative Writing - Audio
By The Open University
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Description
The tracks on this album offer an invaluable insight into a wide range of techniques and practices surrounding Creative Writing. Writers as diverse as Alan Ayckbourn, Ian McMillan and Tanika Gupta talk openly about their approaches and attitudes to all aspects of writing from original concept to final drafts and productions. Writing for stage, print, television and radio is discussed in engaging and articulate detail. This material forms part of The Open University course A363 Advanced creative writing.
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CleanTanika Gupta on Voice | Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Tanika Gupta on Voice | Transcript -- Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHelen Blakeman and Setting | Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and voice. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Helen Blakeman and Setting | Transcript -- Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and voice. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDeveloping the Idea | Playwriting master Alan Ayckbourn reveals how he develops and connects ideas for his plays, and the meticulous process of structuring and ‘building’ a script. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Developing the Idea | Transcript -- Playwriting master Alan Ayckbourn reveals how he develops and connects ideas for his plays, and the meticulous process of structuring and ‘building’ a script. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAlan Ayckbourn on Redrafting | Ayckbourn's approach to redrafting and rewriting scripts, and how dramatic ideas and twists emerge. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Alan Ayckbourn on Redrafting | Transcript -- Ayckbourn's approach to redrafting and rewriting scripts, and how dramatic ideas and twists emerge. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAlan Ayckbourn as Director | Alan Ayckbourn's work as a director, and how this informs his writing. The economy of playwriting, and the writer’s awareness of the limitations of the stage. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Alan Ayckbourn as Director | Transcript -- Alan Ayckbourn's work as a director, and how this informs his writing. The economy of playwriting, and the writer’s awareness of the limitations of the stage. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAlan Ayckbourn and Staging | Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the theatre, Alan Ayckbourn offers an insight into the varius methods of staging, drawing a link between his own work and theatre in the round. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Alan Ayckbourn and Staging | Transcript -- Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the theatre, Alan Ayckbourn offers an insight into the varius methods of staging, drawing a link between his own work and theatre in the round. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAdaptation and Breakdowns | Renowned writer David Edgar discusses his ideas on Aristotle’s unities, linking this to ways of adapting existing works. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Adaptation and Breakdowns | Transcript -- Renowned writer David Edgar discusses his ideas on Aristotle’s unities, linking this to ways of adapting existing works. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJane Rogers on Adapting for Television | Novelist and playwright Jane Rogers talks about the transition of one of her novels, Mr. Wroe’s Virgins, into a four part television series. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Jane Rogers on Adapting for Television | Transcript -- Novelist and playwright Jane Rogers talks about the transition of one of her novels, Mr. Wroe’s Virgins, into a four part television series. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJane Rogers as Novelist | Jane Rogers talks about her work as a novelist, and the methods of storytelling and voice she employs. She brings together various forms and approaches, such as the use of cinematic editing techniques, in her novels | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Jane Rogers as Novelist | Transcript -- Jane Rogers talks about her work as a novelist, and the methods of storytelling and voice she employs. She brings together various forms and approaches, such as the use of cinematic editing techniques, in her novels | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanApproaches to Contemporary Fiction | Jane Rogers talks about her work in terms of viewing herself as a contemporary novelist. She draws links to literary greats, and techniques like 'the unreliable narrator'. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Approaches to Contemporary Fiction | Transcript -- Jane Rogers talks about her work in terms of viewing herself as a contemporary novelist. She draws links to literary greats, and techniques like 'the unreliable narrator'. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Mass Observation Archive | Dorothy Sheridan, director of the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex, talks about the archive in terms of a research tool and a repository of unique material. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- The Mass Observation Archive | Transcript -- Dorothy Sheridan, director of the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex, talks about the archive in terms of a research tool and a repository of unique material. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLiz Jensen, Development and Decisions | Author Liz Jensen talks about her novels and how they develop in terms of storyline, plot, character and voice, How she often rejects planning in favour of a more organic approach to her work. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Liz Jensen, Development and Decisions | Transcript -- Author Liz Jensen talks about her novels and how they develop in terms of storyline, plot, character and voice, How she often rejects planning in favour of a more organic approach to her work. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStructure, Revision and Theme | Novelist Liz Jensen talks about narrative viewpoints, and their benefits and shortcomings in terms of storytelling. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Structure, Revision and Theme | Transcript -- Novelist Liz Jensen talks about narrative viewpoints, and their benefits and shortcomings in terms of storytelling. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIan McMillan and Repetition | Poet and presenter Ian McMillan takes a light-hearted look at the use of repetition in his poems. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Ian McMillan and Repetition | Transcript -- Poet and presenter Ian McMillan takes a light-hearted look at the use of repetition in his poems. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPoetry and Surrealism | Ian McMillan talks about the importance and use of surrealism in his poetry. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Poetry and Surrealism | Transcript -- Ian McMillan talks about the importance and use of surrealism in his poetry. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHilary Mantel on Film and Drama | Hilary Mantel talks about the importance and influence television and film have had on her development as a writer. The paragraph as the basic building block of fiction, and how this can generate a successful narrative. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Hilary Mantel on Film and Drama | Transcript -- Hilary Mantel talks about the importance and influence television and film have had on her development as a writer. The paragraph as the basic building block of fiction, and how this can generate a successful narrative. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRhetoric and Rhythm | Hilary Mantel uses examples and a reading from her own novel Vacant Possession, to examine the use of rhetoric and rhythm, and how they can seed ideas in a reader and build up the relationship between reader and text. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Rhetoric and Rhythm | Transcript -- Hilary Mantel uses examples and a reading from her own novel Vacant Possession, to examine the use of rhetoric and rhythm, and how they can seed ideas in a reader and build up the relationship between reader and text. | 11/10/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Great - Except for the Glitch...
This is a great well of advice and insight for writers. The only problem, and the reason I rated this collection 4 stars instead of 5, is that there seems to be some sort of glitch that I hope they can work out. If you'll notice, "Ian McMillan and Repetition," and "Poetry and Surrealism" are both 5 minutes 4 seconds. That is no coincidence - they are the same broadcast. "Poetry and Surrealism" is just "Ian McMillan and Repetition" again. Oh, the irony. As an aspiring novelist, I was looking forward to listening to "The Structure and Development of Novels" with Hilary Mantel, but playing that role is "Poetry and Surrealism." There is no "Structure and Development" broadcast. Hence the retracted star. Other than that, it's great stuff!
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