The handbook of creative writing edited by Steven Earnshaw

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.