The Cambridge introduction to creative writing

Performing writing
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first reading them aloud, and improvising different approaches. Become your own audience at first. Try a creative blend of approaches:
r straight readings from the page with improvised introductions r
readings from memory direct to audience r
walking among the audience while reading r
using audience participation r
improvising to challenges made by the audience r
with visual background material such as slides or overhead projection r
original music accompanying work or interwoven with it r
acting out the work r
reading with two or more voices r
reading work indifferent tones of voice, such as offering directions or sympathy r
singing the work.
Your performance should entertain or intrigue as much as it challenges.
Interleave your own work with short excerpts from writers whose work is important to you. Practise breathing and projection exercises in classes, and rehearse the whole performance at least once.
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I M Audiences for new work must be created and maintained, and you cannot rely on any form of publication to assist you. You must take your work to its audience and persuade them it is worth their time, even if that means challenging them on occasion. This will also create challenges to your own work;
it might even begin to change the way you write and perform. The project will also provide you with good practice should work become successful and you are asked to do readings, or you decide to pursue a career allied to writing such as literature promotion, arts programming, publishing or broadcasting.

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