(P/B) THE HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING

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This is the inspirational resource for tutors, students and other creative writing professionals, now in a new edition. 54 chapters cover the three central pillars of writing creatively: theories of creativity, the craft of writing and creative writing as a business. With contributions from over 50 experts - poets, novelists, dramatists, publishers, editors, tutors, critics and scholars - from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia, this is the essential guide to writing, and getting published, in the English-speaking world.
New for this edition: chapters: on 'indie publishing', 'social media', 'flash fiction', 'song lyrics and poetry', 'creative critical hybrids', 'collaboration in the theatre', Inclusion of additional genres and activities; chapters updated to reflect changes in teaching, copyright & earning a living as a writer; and, updated Glossary of Terms. (From the publisher)

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Steven Earnshaw
Section One. Writing: Theories and Contexts
1. Theories of Creativity and Creative Writing Pedagogy
Mary Swander, Anna Leahy, and Mary Cantrell
2. The Evaluation of Creative Writing at MA Level (UK)
Jenny Newman
3. The Creative Writing MFA
Stephanie Vanderslice
4. Creative Writing and Critical Theory
Lauri Ramey
5. Literary Genres
David Rain
6. The Writer as Artist
Steven Eamshaw
7. The Future of Creative Writing
Paul Dawson
Section Two. The Craft of Writing Prose
8. Reading, Writing and Teaching The Short Story
E. A. Markham
9. Writing the Memoir
Judith Barrington
10. Introduction to the Novel
Jane Rogers
11. Crime Fiction
John Dale
12. Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy Crawford Kilian
13. How Language Lives Us: Reading and Writing Historical Fiction
Brian Kiteley
14. Writing Humorous Fiction
Susan Hubbard
15. Writing for Children
Alan Brown
16. Writing for Teenagers
Linda Newbery
17. The 'Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creative Nonfiction, But were too Naive or Uninformed to Ask' Workshop Simulation
Lee Gutkind
Poetry
18. Introduction to Poetry
Sean O'Brien
19. What is Form?
W. N. Herbert
20. New Poetries
Aaron Kunin
21. The Poet in the Theatre: Verse Drama Sean O'Brien
22. The Sequence and the Long Poem
George Szirtes
Scriptwriting
23. Introduction to Scriptwriting
Mike Hams
24. Writing for the Stage
Brighde Mullins
25. Writing for Radio
Mike Harris
26. Writing for Television
Stephen V. Duncan
Contents
27. Writing for Television - UK Differences John Milne
28. Writing for Film
Bonnie O'Neill
Other Writing
29. Writing as Experimental Practice
Thalia Field
30. Writing as 'Therapy'
Fiona Sampson
31. Writing in the Community
Linda Sargent
32. Writing for the Web
James Sheard
33. The Role of the Critical Essay
Scott McCracken
34. Translation
Susan Bassnett
35. Creative Writing Doctorates
Graeme Harper
36. How to Start a Literary Magazine
Rebecca Wolff
Section Three. The Writer's Life
37. How to be a Writer
John Milne
38. How to Present Yourself as a Writer Alison Baverstock
39. Publishing Fiction
Mary Mount
40. American PoBiz
Chose Twichell
41. Publishing Poetry in Britain
Sean O'Brien
42. The Literary Agent (Novel)
David Smith
43. The Film Agent
Julian Friedmann
44. The Literary Agent: Television, Theatre and Radio
Alan Brodie
45. Copyright
Shay Humphrey, with Lee Penhaligan
46. Literary Life: Prizes, Anthologies, Festivals, Reviewing, Grants
Tom Shapcott
47. The Writer as Teacher
Gareth Creer
48. Making a Living as a Writer
Livi Michael
Glossary
Useful Websites
Contributors
Index