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A Companion to Creative Writing

Harper, Graeme

2013

Overview

A COMPANION TO CREATIVE WRITING A Companion to Creative Writing is a comprehensive collection covering myriad aspects of the practice and profession of creative writing in the contemporary world. The book features contributions from an international cast of creative writers, publishers and editors, critics, translators, literary prize judges, and many other top professionals. Chapters not only consider the practice of creative writing in terms of how it is \"done,\" but also in terms of what occurs in and around creative writing practice. Chapters address a wide range of topics including the writing of poetry and fiction; playwriting and screenwriting; writing for digital media; editing; creative writing and its engagement with language, spirituality, politics, education, and heritage. Other chapters explore the role of literary critics and ideas around authorship, as well as translation and creative writing, the teaching of creative writing, and the histories and character of the marketplace, prizes, awards, and literary events. With its unprecedented breadth of coverage, A Companion to Creative Writing is an indispensable resource for those who are undertaking creative writing, studying creative writing at any level, or considering studying creative writing.

• Publisher: John Wiley et Sons Ltd,Willey-Blackwell,Wiley,John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,Wiley-Blackwell is an imprint of John Wiley & Sons,Wiley-Blackwell
• Subject: Authorship / Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc / Composition and exercises / Creative writing / Creative writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc / EDUCATION / English language / English language -- Composition and exercises -- Handbooks, manuals, etc / English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc / Handbooks, manuals, etc / Rhetoric / School management, special education
• ISBN: 111832577X, 9781118325773, 9780470656938, 047065693X, 1118325753, 9781118325759