Creative Writing for Social Research: A Practical Guide

Description

Inviting beginners and more experienced researchers to explore new ways of writing, this book introduces readers to creatively written research in a variety of formats including plays and poems, videos and comics. It not only gives social researchers permission, but also shows them how, to write creatively. Front cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Creative writing in practice List of figures Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction Definitions Social research Creativity and creative Writing and creative writing Synergies between creative writing and social research What follows 2. Doing creative writing Introduction Doing it yourself: getting started Reading for writing Small steps and time frames Warm-up exercises Putting yourself in the picture Writing in the first person Diaries and journals Observation and description Autoethnography Observational writing and the implied observer Stories and storying Collecting and transcribing stories Writing about ideas: essays and lists Essays Lists and listing Doing it yourself: following through Drafting and editing Seeking and receiving feedback Writing together 3. Doing research, generating data, working with participants Introduction Rationale Ethics Getting started: participatory creative writing for social research What is a participant? How to invite or recruit participants Workshops and groups How to draw participants together into a cohesive group Playful workshops Getting started, warming up How to write, review and revise together: workshopping Scope Working with individuals Varying roles for participants and facilitators Data and findings: process and product Observing and documenting the creative writing process Product: outputs and impacts 4. Exploring and articulating findings Introduction Data analysis Fiction in data analysis Poetry in data analysis Play and screenplay writing in data analysis Dissemination Visual methods of writing for dissemination Performance for dissemination Comedy in dissemination Finding and telling stories; storying 5. Searching and queer(ing) writing Introduction Searching Queer(ing) writing References Index Back cover