Inspiring writing in art and design : taking a line for a write / Pat Francis.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

When art and design students are asked for statements to accompany their work, reflective journals, or critiques, reviews and essays, they often freeze up because they have to put their thoughts in writing. Although these students are comfortable expressing themselves visually, they lack confidence working with words. Inspiring Writing in Art and Design is a practical aid for those students who are disheartened or overwhelmed by having to write. Pat Francis provides short writing exercises and creative writing techniques for tutors to use and which will help art and design students develop their ability to verbally articulate the concepts and aesthetics behind their art. Using Francis's examples, students will build confidence and skills that can help them succeed in presenting their work and themselves in, and beyond, the studio world.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. 11)
• Resume of the Book (p. 13)
• Introduction (p. 15)
• Connecting Inspiration, Theory and Practice (p. 19)
• The Process Visual (p. 29)
• 1 Principles (p. 33)
• Introduction (p. 34)
• Methods (p. 35)
• Workshops (p. 35)
• Reflection and Reflective Writing (p. 36)
• Writing Stages Schema (p. 37)
• The Reflective Journal (p. 38)
• Assessment of Journals (p. 39)
• Some Specific Forms of the Journal (p. 40)
• Work Based Learning Journal (p. 40)
• Reflective Research Journals (p. 41)
• Dialogue Journals (p. 42)
• Double Entry Journals (p. 43)
• The Thought Book (p. 44)
• The Daily Detail (p. 45)
• The Commonplace Book (p. 47)
• Little Books (p. 49)
• Folio of Writing (p. 50)
• Reflectionnaires (p. 51)
• Postcards (p. 52)
• Visualizing Ideas through Metaphors and Analogies (p. 55)
• Big Bird and the Creative Process (p. 56)
• Context: the Metaphor (p. 57)
• Context Linked to Writing Processes (p. 59)
• Stories (p. 61)
• Reading (p. 62)
• Reading's Role in Writing (p. 62)
• The Reading Muscle (p. 63)
• Disagree-able Reading (p. 64)
• Practice and Process (p. 65)
• The Practice of Regular Reflective Writing (p. 65)
• Practice and Inspiration (p. 66)
• Practice and Blocks: Finding the Right Words (p. 67)
• Instant or Real (p. 68)
• The Writer: Self and Others (p. 69)
• Talk Write (p. 69)
• Environment as Inspiration and Workplace (p. 71)
• Finding a Voice (p. 72)
• Gesture (p. 73)
• Viewpoint and Knowledge (p. 75)
• Properly Informed Onions (p. 77)
• 2 Practicals (p. 79)
• Introduction (p. 80)
• Keeping a Journal (p. 81)
• Warm Ups and Preparations (p. 83)
• Ways of Writing: a Reflectionnaire (p. 83)
• Reflectionnaire on the Thought Book (p. 84)
• Reflectionnaire on the First Few Weeks of my Course (p. 85)
• Reflectionnaire on Time (p. 86)
• Write on Anything (p. 87)
• Envelopes (p. 90)
• Generating Excitement - Something has to Happen for Writing to Happen (p. 91)
• Paper Plates (p. 94)
• Spiral (p. 96)
• The Plait (p. 97)
• Generating Ideas (p. 98)
• Brainstorms - Thought Showers (p. 98)
• The Flower (p. 99)
• Senses (p. 100)
• Senses Plus - and Links to Writing (p. 101)
• Addictive Alphabets (p. 104)
• Lists (p. 105)
• Developing Ideas (p. 107)
• Colour Pairs (p. 107)
• Objects (p. 108)
• Materials - Fabrics, Wood, Plastics, Paints, Papers, etc. (p. 111)
• Museum Object Analysis (p. 112)
• Using Language Devices as Idea Generators (p. 114)
• Using Metaphors and Analogies to Find Out About ... (p. 115)
• One Thing in the Style of Another (p. 116)
• Analysing Magazines: Some Headings to Use (p. 119)
• Proverbs and Sayings (p. 121)
• Turn Things on their Head (p. 123)
• Alliteration, Blunders and Slang (p. 124)
• Mnemonics (p. 127)
• Creating Words (p. 130)
• A Handout for Analysing some Aspects of Writing Techniques (p. 132)
• Pushing ... (p. 134)
• Repetition (p. 135)
• Word (hi)stories (p. 136)
• Words Whirl (nouns and verbs) (p. 138)
• Adverts (p. 142)
• Drawing the Journey (p. 143)
• Mistakes (p. 145)
• Starting Pieces of Work (p. 146)
• One Step at a Time (p. 146)
• Can't Do All - Start with One (p. 147)
• Working Towards Essays, etc. (p. 149)
• Making the Start on Formal Pieces of Writing (p. 149)
• Reading and Noting Techniques (p. 151)
• Using Postcards to Inspire Writing (p. 152)
• Quote Circles (p. 157)
• Quotations Consequences (p. 159)
• Visual Analysis: Some Points to Help (p. 161)
• Time Lines or Lines of Time or Lines in Time (p. 164)
• Making Links, Connections and Threads through Key Words (p. 166)
• L:S:D: (p. 168)
• Making a Selection (p. 170)
• Structuring (p. 171)
• Labels (p. 171)
• Classifying and Clumping (p. 173)
• Blobs (p. 176)
• Structures (p. 178)
• Shapes (p. 180)
• Viewpoints (p. 183)
• How to Deal with Opinions (p. 183)
• What If... (p. 185)
• Heroes and Villains (p. 186)
• Scenarios and Viewpoints (p. 188)
• Viewpoints in Old Photographs (p. 191)
• Patchwork Writing (p. 195)
• General to Specific (p. 196)
• Generalizations (p. 198)
• Practice with Little Arguments (p. 199)
• The Final Points in the Writing Process (p. 201)
• Titles (p. 201)
• Mini Sagas (p. 203)
• Blurbs (p. 205)
• Edit Later - Not as you Go (p. 207)
• Editing (p. 208)
• How to Connect 'I' to the Academic (p. 214)
• Specific Pieces of Writing (p. 216)
• Personal Statements (p. 216)
• Writing a Summary (p. 219)
• Writing from an Exhibition Visit (p. 220)
• 3 Examples (p. 221)
• Introduction (p. 222)
• Rain (p. 223)
• Mobiles (p. 225)
• Metaphors: Flies in Amber (p. 226)
• Dialogue - Inspired by Beethoven (p. 228)
• An Internal Dialogue - On the Evening of a 'Wasted' Day (p. 229)
• My Process of Writing (p. 233)
• An Example of the Process of a Piece of Written Work: from Rough to Publication (p. 234)
• Editing a Few Words (p. 237)
• The Puppeteer (p. 238)
• White (p. 242)
• How We Are (p. 244)
• 'Learn to Read' Exhibition: Tate Modern. Opening day 19 June 2007 (p. 245)
• Brass Prom: Combining Senses (p. 248)
• Analysis of Words to Help Inform Work and Generate Research (p. 249)
• Words in Arguments (p. 250)
• Titles - Examples (p. 253)
• Looking at the Blurb for Geoff Dyer's The Ongoing Moment (p. 254)
• Reflections on an Article (p. 255)
• Patchwork Text: Women Travellers (p. 257)
• Photos from an Album (p. 270)
• Conclusion (p. 275)
• Appendix (p. 277)
• Writing PAD (p. 277)
• The Illustrations (p. 278)
• Bibliography (p. 279)
• A Selection of Works on Writing and Inspirations (p. 279)
• Books that are Facsimiles of Journals, Extracts on Journals or about Journal Writing (p. 284)
• Books to Help with Writing Styles and Techniques (p. 285)
• A Selection of Key Reference Books (p. 286)
• Index (p. 287)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Pat Francis is a specialist writing and dyslexia tutor at the University for the Creative Arts in the United Kingdom.