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The handbook of creative writing

Title By: Earnshaw, Steven [Edited by]
Material type: BookPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2014.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xi, 548 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780748689392Subject(s): Creative writing
Summary:
Suitable for tutors, students and other creative writing professionals, this edition includes 54 chapters that cover the three central pillars of writing creatively: theories of creativity, the craft of writing and creative writing as a business.
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Suitable for tutors, students and other creative writing professionals, this edition includes 54 chapters that cover the three central pillars of writing creatively: theories of creativity, the craft of writing and creative writing as a business.

Machine generated contents note: Section One Writing: Theories and Contexts -- 1. Theories of Creativity and Creative Writing Pedagogy / Mary Swander -- 2. The Evaluation of Creative Writing at MA Level (UK) / Jenny Newman -- 3. The Creative Writing MFA / Stephanie Vanderslice -- 4. Creative Writing and Critical Theory / Lauri Ramey -- 5. Literary Genres / David Rain -- 6. The Writer as Artist / Steven Earnshaw -- 7. The Future of Creative Writing / Paul Dawson -- Section Two The Craft of Writing -- Prose -- 8. Reading, Writing and Teaching the Short Story / E.A. Markham -- 9. Writing the Memoir / Judith Barrington -- 10. Introduction to the Novel / Jane Rogers -- 11. Crime Fiction / John Dale -- 12. Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy / Crawford Kilian -- 13. How Language Lives Us: Reading and Writing Historical Fiction / Brian Kiteley -- 14. Writing Humorous Fiction / Susan Hubbard -- 15. Writing for Children / Alan Brown -- 16. Writing for Teenagers / Linda Newbery. Contents note continued: 17. The `Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creative Nonfiction, But were too Naive or Uninformed to Ask' Workshop Simulation / Lee Gutkind -- Poetry -- 18. Introduction to Poetry / Sean O'Brien -- 19. What is Form? / W.N. Herbert -- 20. New Poetries / Aaron Kunin -- 21. The Poet in the Theatre: Verse Drama / Sean O'Brien -- 22. The Sequence and the Long Poem / George Szirtes -- Scriptwriting -- 23. Introduction to Scriptwriting / Mike Harris -- 24. Writing for the Stage / Brighde Mullins -- 25. Writing for Radio / Mike Harris -- 26. Writing for Television / Stephen V. Duncan -- 27. Writing for Television-UK Differences / John Milne -- 28. Writing for Film / Bonnie O'Neill -- Other Writing -- 29. Song Lyrics and Poetry / Pat Pattison -- 30. Flash Fiction / Tony Williams -- 31. Writing as Experimental Practice / Thalia Field -- 32. Creative-Critical Hybrids / Hazel Smith -- 33. Writing as `Therapy' / Fiona Sampson -- 34. Writing in the Community / Linda Sargent. Contents note continued: 35. Writing for the Web / James Sheard -- 36. The Role of the Critical Essay / Scott McCracken -- 37. Translation / Susan Bassnett -- 38. Collaboration in the Theatre / Timothy Braun -- 39. Creative Writing Doctorates / Graeme Harper -- 40. How to Start a Literary Magazine / Rebecca Wolff -- Section Three The Writer's Life -- 41. How to be a Writer / John Milne -- 42. How to Present Yourself as a Writer / Alison Baverstock -- 43. Meet Your Public: Creative Writing and Social Media / Lou Treleaven -- 44. Publishing Fiction / Mary Mount -- 45. American PoBiz / Chase Twichell -- 46. Publishing Poetry in Britain / Sean O'Brien -- 47. The Literary Agent (Novel) / David Smith -- 48. The Film Agent / Julian Friedmann -- 49. The Literary Agent: Television, Theatre and Radio / Alan Brodie -- 50. Copyright / Lee Penhaligan -- 51. Self-Publishing and the Rise of the Indie Author / Jane Rowland -- 52. Literary Life: Prizes, Anthologies, Festivals, Reviewing, Grants / Tom Shapcott. Contents note continued: 53. The Writer as Teacher / Gareth Creer -- 54. Making a Living as a Writer / Livi Michael.

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