The Handbook of Creative Writing

COPYRIGHT......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Section One Writing: Theories and Contexts......Page 20
1 Theories of Creativity and Creative Writing Pedagogy......Page 22
2 The Evaluation of Creative Writing at MA Level (UK)......Page 35
3 The Creative Writing MFA......Page 48
4 Creative Writing and Critical Theory......Page 53
5 Literary Genres......Page 65
6 The Writer as Artist......Page 76
7 The Future of Creative Writing......Page 89
Section Two The Craft of Writing......Page 102
PROSE......Page 104
8 Reading, Writing and Teaching the Short Story......Page 106
9 Writing the Memoir......Page 120
10 Introduction to the Novel......Page 127
11 Crime Fiction......Page 137
12 Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy......Page 145
13 How Language Lives Us: Reading and Writing Historical Fiction......Page 157
14 Writing Humorous Fiction......Page 165
15 Writing for Children......Page 173
16 Writing for Teenagers......Page 180
17 The ‘Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creative Nonfiction, But Were Too Naïve or Uninformed to Ask’ Workshop Simulation......Page 187
POETRY......Page 192
18 Introduction to Poetry......Page 194
19 What is Form?......Page 210
20 New Poetries......Page 222
21 The Poet in the Theatre: Verse Drama......Page 240
22 The Sequence and the Long Poem......Page 247
SCRIPTWRITING......Page 260
23 Introduction to Scriptwriting......Page 262
24 Writing for the Stage......Page 274
25 Writing for Radio......Page 284
26 Writing for Television......Page 293
27 Writing for Television – UK Differences......Page 302
28 Writing for Film......Page 304
OTHER WRITING......Page 314
29 Writing as Experimental Practice......Page 316
30 Writing as ‘Therapy’......Page 323
31 Writing in the Community......Page 331
32 Writing for the Web......Page 338
33 The Role of the Critical Essay......Page 343
34 Translation......Page 349
35 Creative Writing Doctorates......Page 356
36 How to Start a Literary Magazine......Page 364
Section Three The Writer’s Life......Page 372
37 How to be a Writer......Page 374
38 How to Present Yourself as a Writer......Page 380
39 Publishing Fiction......Page 387
40 American PoBiz......Page 395
41 Publishing Poetry in Britain......Page 402
42 The Literary Agent (Novel)......Page 409
43 The Film Agent......Page 416
45 Copyright......Page 433
46 Literary Life: Prizes, Anthologies, Festivals, Reviewing, Grants......Page 447
47 The Writer as Teacher......Page 456
48 Making a Living as a Writer......Page 463
Glossary......Page 470
Useful Websites......Page 476
Contributors......Page 478
Index......Page 485