This is a compelling look at the current state and future direction of creative writing by a preeminent scholar in the field.
* Explores the practice of creative writing, its place in the world, and its impact on individuals and communities
* Considers the process of creative writing as an art form and as a mode of communication
* Examines how new technology, notably the internet and cell phones, is changing the ways in which creative work is undertaken and produced
* Addresses such topics as writing as a cultural production, the education of a creative writer, the changing nature of communication, and different attitudes to empowerment
Table of Content
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1 The Age of Creative Writing 17
2 Dynamism and the Creative Writer 35
3 Creative Writing Educating 53
4 Developing Creative Exposition 71
5 Selling and Buying Creative Writing 89
6 Speaking in Creative Writing 107
7 Living and Working as a Creative Writer 119
Conclusion 135
Selected Reading 143
Index 149
About the author
Graeme Harper is a Professor of Creative Writing and Dean of The
Honors College at Oakland University, Michigan, USA. A writer of
fiction and a scriptwriter, he is an honorary professor in the
United Kingdom, and was inaugural Chair of the Higher Education
Committee at the UK’s National Association of Writers in
Education (NAWE). He is the editor of The Companion to Creative
Writing (Wiley Blackwell, 2013) and author of Inside
Creative Writing: Interviews with Contemporary Writers (2012)
and On Creative Writing (2010). He serves as editor for
New Writing: the International Journal for the Practice and
Theory of Creative Writing.
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