Creative writing and creative writing guides

Jeder von uns hat eine Geschichte zu erzählen, eine Mischung aus gelebten Erfahrungen – guten wie weniger schönen –, die unserem Leben Bedeutung geben und uns als Persönlichkeit ausmachen.

Long recognized as a master teacher at writing programs like VONA, the Loft, and the Stonecoast MFA, with A Stranger's Journey, David Mura has written a book on creative writing that addresses our increasingly diverse American literature.

LEARN HOW TO WRITE CREATIVELY WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND PRACTICAL COURSE.

The poet really means his title.

WRITING PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE offers an important global perspective to the growing research literature in the shaping of writing programs.

This book examines the primary biblical themes in the lyrical theology of Charles Wesley, the master hymn writer and cofounder of the Methodist movement.

Foreword by award-winning illustrator Smriti Prasadam-Halls.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is everywhere.

A new approach to family and personal memoirs that includes many creative formats.

The rise of Creative Writing has been accompanied from the start by two questions: can it be taught, and should it be taught?

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Editors and contributors pursue the ambitious goal of including within WAC theory, research, and practice the differing perspectives, educational experiences, and voices of second-language writers.

In fashion the right colors--and the right combinations--can make the difference between pretty and pretty spectacular!

This book examines Uncreative Writing-the catch-all term to describe Neo-Conceptualism, Flarf and related avant-garde movements in contemporary North American poetry-against a decade of controversy.

Time is running out for Khalil el Said, as his cancer treatments have become less and less effective.

Focusing on the neglected journalism of writers more famous for their novels or plays, this new book explores the specific functions of journalism within the public sphere, and celebrate the literary qualities of journalism as a genre.

Offering guidance on writing poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, Environmental and Nature Writing is a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing about the environment in a wide range of genres.

In an era of rapid technological change, are qualitative researchers taking advantage of new and innovative ways to gather, analyse and share community narratives?

This writing textbook bridges factual, critical, and expressive modes of writing to help students develop a reflective sense of why and how to write for university, professional, and public audiences.

This book uses an interdisciplinary inter-mediational approach to reflect on the relational complexity of unsettlement as a predominant sensibility of the present epoque.

This volume provides an account of collaborative poetry translation in practice.

Aimed toward graduate student instructors and other creative writing educators, Teaching Cultural Dexterity in Creative Writing offers a formula for important changes in creative writing instruction-especially in literary/creative nonfiction, probing how instruction might become more inclusive and accessible for minoritized/marginalized student-authors.

First published a decade ago, A Writer's Book of Days has become the ideal writing coach for thousands of writers.

Everything aspiring authors need to write, publish, and sell a children's book Everyone loves a children's book and many dream about writing one.

This book combines autoethnographic reflections, poetry, and photography with the aim to bridge the gap between creative practice and scholarly research.

Fascinating, wide-ranging, hugely knowledgeable - an indispensable guide and a beguiling education William BoydPacked with insights and advice - just the inspiration to start writing!

Bringing together a diverse range of writers, The Science of Story is the first book to ask the question: what can contemporary brain science teach us about the art and craft of creative nonfiction writing?

The desire to create, to write, to fulfil our artistic dreams is a powerful human need.

These are exciting times for creative writing.

All for Naught tells the story of Richard Melmont, a billionaire many times over.

Combines the critical and the creative, looking at the collisions that arise when Shakespeare texts are recreated in contemporary contexts.

What is it that makes humans engage with a dramatic narrative?

Regroupant 16 patrons de tricot réalisés par 6 créateurs québécois, Enfile ta petite laine se veut chaleureux et actuel.

This book explores metonymy in language, gesture, music, art and film, and discusses the challenges it presents in cross-cultural communication.

Are you beginning a creative writing course?

Caps are wonderful knitting projects-small and portable, providing just the right mix of challenge and simplicity.

Creative writing takes on many genres, or forms: fiction, poetry, nonfiction and dramatic writing.

Writing can support our wellbeing even under the most difficult life circumstances, helping us to adapt to significant change, make sense of loss, improve our physical and emotional resilience, and foster personal growth.

This edited collection is positioned at the nexus of sports, society and creative writing.

This very easy guide opens up the wonderful world of twisted stitches to knitters of any ability, even complete beginners.

Combining personal narrative, interviews, and literary analysis, Fool elaborates the potential for fool figures from throughout literary history to reconfigure subject-object relations and point towards new possibilities in creative and critical thought.

Ever struggled to write a critical essay?

Combines the critical and the creative, looking at the collisions that arise when Shakespeare texts are recreated in contemporary contexts.

Your one-stop guide to writing and selling books for childrenGet the tools you need to:* Develop story ideas that work* Strengthen your writing skills* Improve your work habits* Write for different age groups* Look at your work critically* Submit proposals and manuscripts* Find the right publisher for your work* Understand and negotiate contracts* Work with agents and editors* Join the writing communityDo you dream of becoming the next J.

Scripting Hitchcock explores the collaborative process between Alfred Hitchcock and the screenwriters he hired to write the scripts for three of his greatest films: Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie.

This book seeks to reshape the way that writers think about constructing their story, looking at the subject from the inside out.

Winner of the Vern Williamsen Comedia Book Prize, Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, 2023 Winner of the Nancy Staub Award, UNIMA-USA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette), 2023 In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody the Marvelous engages with early modern notions of wonder in religious, artistic, and social contexts.