1st Edition

Doing Creative Writing

By Steve May Copyright 2007
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Are you beginning a creative writing course? Or thinking about taking one? Doing Creative Writing is the ideal guide to what you should expect, what will be expected of you and how you can get the most from your course. It clearly and concisely outlines: the contexts for creative writing courses, explaining where the subject has come from and why that matters the content,... Read more

General Introduction.  Explanation of Terms: 'Doing' and 'Creative Writing.'  Who is This Book For?  How Will You Benefit From it?  What's in This Book?  Part 1: The Context  1. Can You Teach Writing?  2. The Development of Creative Writing as an Academic Discipline  Part 2: Studying Creative Writing: Course Structures, Delivery and Content  3. Modules, Courses and Genres  4. Delivery  5. Assessment  Part 3: Writers' Habits, Writers' Skills  6. Developing Independent Habits of Writing  7. Reading as a Writer  8. Becoming a Better Editor  Part 4: Beyond the Course  9. Careers in Writing  10. Other Destinations.  Writing-Related Jobs.  Using the Skills You've Learned.  Case Studies.  Bibliography

Biography

Steve May is Head of the Department of Creative Studies at Bath Spa University. He has won awards for fiction, drama, and poetry. Radio credits include FACING THE MIRROR, CHESS WARS and ARTHUR, all broadcast in 2004. His latest novel, One Chance, was also published in that year.