{"product_id":"a-fiction-writers-guide-to-peace-crafting-nonviolent-heroism-9781350473959","title":"A Fiction Writer's Guide to Peace: Crafting Nonviolent Heroism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperhero violence and graphic action sequences are prevalent on the screen and on the page, but this book takes an alternative route with practical guidance, frameworks, and tools for incorporating the principles of peacebuilding and nonviolence into compelling fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e By mapping a path less travelled but just as vital in divisive times, Gabriel Ertsgaard shows writers how they can enact nonviolent heroism in their characters, model civil resistance in their stories, and create worlds around a mythos that champions redemptive nonviolence. With concepts applicable to writing for fiction, drama, the screen, and narrative poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Fiction Writer's Guide to Peace\u003c\/i\u003e deconstructs the necessity for violence in popular works, explores key concepts in peace studies, and helps writers establish their own peace poetics. Focused around the narrative craft techniques of character arcs, campaigns, duels, and worldbuilding, the book features numerous creative writing prompts and examples from key works. These include films such as \u003ci\u003eTrading Places\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSelma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLage Raho Munna Bai, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrozen\u003c\/i\u003e and literature ranging from Shakespeare's plays to Dickens' \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e to Julia Quinn's Bridgerton novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A timely and important expansion to any writer's toolkit, \u003ci\u003eA Fiction Writer's Guide to Peace\u003c\/i\u003e allows storytellers to understand the complex dynamics of, and the damage caused by, violent perspectives and actions, giving them a way into considering nonviolence as powerful and preferable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriel Ertsgaard\u003c\/b\u003e is Interviews Editor for the \u003ci\u003ePeace Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003eand Copy Editor for the poetry journal \u003ci\u003eDrifting Sands Haibun\u003c\/i\u003e. He also serves on the board of directors for the Quaker magazine \u003ci\u003eWestern Friend\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught university English courses for the past decade, and is the author of numerous poems, short stories, and nonfiction articles. He holds a Doctor of Letters with a concentration in Global Studies from Drew University, USA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589687312658,"sku":"9781350473959","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ff854cf-a56e-4e2c-8e5b-e3b4ee282723.jpg?v=1756801516","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-fiction-writers-guide-to-peace-crafting-nonviolent-heroism-9781350473959","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}