{"product_id":"the-black-writers-toolbox-a-practical-guide-to-writing-fiction-paperback","title":"The Black Writers' Toolbox: A Practical Guide to Writing Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMuli Amaye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresenting a new way of thinking about the practice of writing fiction for Black writers and any writer who includes non-white characters in their work, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Writer's Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical guide to crafting authentic Black characters and fictional worlds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Black writers, there are connotations within description, language, setting, characterisation and voice when they approach the page that are often overlooked in creative writing instruction. This book seeks to address this gap, offering writers the tools to decolonise their own minds, banish stereotypes and caricatures from their writing and address important contemporary cultural questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Helping writers articulate their fully formed characters as well as guiding readers to understand the nuances of writing while Black, the book considers the effect of stereotypes on Black writers and readers, explores the historical implications of language, voice and power, and explains why all writing is not the same. With consideration of sentence structure, senses, scene, point of view, plot, emotion, writing 'self' and 'other' and more, each chapter employs examples of literature from Black authors that explore narrative perspective within the cultural, racial and historic contexts of the work, and features writing prompts and exercises around the topics discussed. Calling upon the writings of Yaa Gyasi, Courttia Newland, Bernadine Evaristo, Nalo Hopkinson, Marlon James and Jamaica Kincaid and many more, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Writer's Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e is an important corrective to existing literature on the writing process.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuli Amaye\u003c\/b\u003e is the Coordinator for the MFA in Creative Writing at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobego. A novelist, short story writer and occasional poet, she gained her PhD in creative writing at Lancaster University, UK where she also taught for several years before developing the English programme at Soran University, Northern Iraq. Her novel \u003ci\u003eA House With No Angels\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2019 and her short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eMidnight \u0026amp; Indigo Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and the anthology \u003ci\u003eGlimpse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47331128443129,"sku":"9781350444775","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vSJ6fat9SL9781350444775.webp?v=1769611365","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-black-writers-toolbox-a-practical-guide-to-writing-fiction-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}