A Companion to Creative Writing

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A Companion to Creative Writing comprehensively considers key aspects of the practice, profession and culture of creative writing in the contemporary world. The most comprehensive collection specifically relating to the practices and cultural and professional place of creative writingCovers not only the “how” of creative writing, but many more topics in and around the profession and cultural practices surrounding creative writingFeatures contributions from international writers, editors, publishers, critics, translators, specialists in public art and moreCovers the writing of poetry, fiction, new media, plays, films, radio works, and other literary genres and formsExplores creative writing’s engagement with culture, language, spirituality, politics, education, and heritage Content: Chapter 1 The Architecture of Story (pages 7–23): Lorraine M. LopezChapter 2 Writing Creative Nonfiction (pages 24–39): Bronwyn T. WilliamsChapter 3 Writing Poetry (pages 40–55): Nigel McLoughlinChapter 4 Writing for Children and Young Adults (pages 56–70): Kathleen AhrensChapter 5 Write on! Practical Strategies for Developing Playwriting (pages 71–85): Peter BillinghamChapter 6 Writing for Sound/Radio (pages 86–97): Steve MayChapter 7 Writing the Screenplay (pages 98–114): Craig BattyChapter 8 New Media Writing (pages 115–128): Carolyn Handler MillerChapter 9 How to Make a Pocket Watch: The British Ph.D. in Creative Writing (pages 129–143): Simon HollowayChapter 10 Creative Writing and the Other Arts (pages 144–159): Harriet Edwards and Julia LockheartChapter 11 Agents, Publishers, and Booksellers: A Historical Perspective (pages 161–178): John FeatherChapter 12 The Changing Role of the Editor: Editors Past, Present, and Future (pages 179–194): Frania HallChapter 13 Translation as Creative Writing (pages 195–212): Manuela PerteghellaChapter 14 Creative Writing and “the lash of criticism” (pages 213–228): Steven EarnshawChapter 15 But What's Really at Stake for the Barbarian Warrior? Developing a Pedagogy for Paraliterature (pages 229–244): Jeffrey S. ChapmanChapter 16 Creative Writing and Education (pages 245–262): Jeri KrollChapter 17 The Rise and Rise of Writers' Festivals (pages 263–277): Cori StewartChapter 18 Creative Writing Research (pages 278–290): Graeme HarperChapter 19 Literary Prizes and Awards (pages 291–303): Claire SquiresChapter 20 D.H. Lawrence, Forever on the Move: Creative Writers and Place (pages 305–319): Louise DeSalvoChapter 21 The Psychology of Creative Writing (pages 320–333): Marie J. C. Forgeard, Scott Barry Kaufman and James C. KaufmanChapter 22 Creative Writing around the World (pages 334–347): Matthew McCoolChapter 23 Creative Hauntings: Creative Writing and Literary Heritage at the British Library (pages 348–356): Jamie AndrewsChapter 24 Politics (pages 357–376): Jon CookChapter 25 Creative Writing and the Cold War University (pages 377–392): Eric BennettChapter 26 “To the imagination, the sacred is self?evident”: Thoughts on Spirituality and the Vocation of Creative Writing (pages 393–404): J. Matthew BoylestonChapter 27 The Writer?Teacher in the United States: The Place of Teachers in the Community of Writers (pages 405–420): Patrick BizzaroChapter 28 Creative Writing to the Future (pages 421–432): Graeme Harper