Creative writing and creative writing guides

Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field.

A guide to the modes and methods of Creative Writing research, designed to be invaluable to university staff and students in formulating research ideas, and in selecting appropriate strategies.

The essays within this collection explore the possibilities and potentialities of all three positions, presenting encounters that are, at times contradictory, at other times supportive, as well as complementary.

Christina Kallas argues for and sets out a genuinely original and creative approach to writing for the screen.

This study provides the first book-length critical history of storyboarding, from the birth of cinema to the present day and beyond.

This book illuminates how technique serves 'story logic,' the particular way fiction makes meaning.

McGee studies historical representation in commodified, popular cinema as expressions of historical truths that more authentic histories usually miss and argues for the political and social significance of mass culture through the interpretation of four recent big-budget movies: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, and Inglourious Basterds .

In this innovative fusion of practice and criticism, Jeremy Scott shows how insights from stylistics can enrich the craft of creative writing.

A great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller's dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights "e;Lahr's cogent analyses are revelatory.

If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs, commas and apostrophes, clauses and prepositions, then this is a must-have book for you.

If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs, commas and apostrophes, clauses and prepositions, then this is a must-have book for you.

The Language and Style of Film Criticism brings together original essays from an international range of academics and film critics highlighting the achievements, complexities and potential of film criticism.

The Language and Style of Film Criticism brings together original essays from an international range of academics and film critics highlighting the achievements, complexities and potential of film criticism.

An increasingly popular genre - addressing issues of empire, colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, gender and politics - travel writing offers the reader a movement between the familiar and the unknown.

An increasingly popular genre - addressing issues of empire, colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, gender and politics - travel writing offers the reader a movement between the familiar and the unknown.

New Playwriting Strategies has become a canonical text in the study and teaching of playwriting, offering a fresh and dynamic insight into the subject.

New Playwriting Strategies has become a canonical text in the study and teaching of playwriting, offering a fresh and dynamic insight into the subject.

Here Comes the Bogeyman is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for children.

Here Comes the Bogeyman is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for children.

Harmoniouslyblending actionable advice and spiritual insight, a renowned writing mentor gives women the tools they need to discover their voiceand themselveson the page.

Hotel Rwanda.

Hotel Rwanda.

Monsters Under the Bed is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for 'early years' children.

Monsters Under the Bed is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for 'early years' children.

Writers Have No Age: Creative Writing for Older Adults, Second Edition is a book for writers by writers.

Writers Have No Age: Creative Writing for Older Adults, Second Edition is a book for writers by writers.

What happens when stories meet mobile media?

What happens when stories meet mobile media?

Traditions of Writing Research reflects the different styles of work offered at the Writing Research Across Borders conference.

Traditions of Writing Research reflects the different styles of work offered at the Writing Research Across Borders conference.

A successful screenplay starts with an understanding of the fundamentals of dramatic story structure.

A successful screenplay starts with an understanding of the fundamentals of dramatic story structure.

Digital Storytelling, Applied Theatre, & Youth argues that theatre artists must re-imagine how and why they facilitate performance practices with young people.

Digital Storytelling, Applied Theatre, & Youth argues that theatre artists must re-imagine how and why they facilitate performance practices with young people.

Writing Fiction offers the novice writer engaging and creative activities, making use of insightful, relevant readings from well-known authors to illustrate the techniques presented.

Writing Fiction offers the novice writer engaging and creative activities, making use of insightful, relevant readings from well-known authors to illustrate the techniques presented.

First published in 1977, this book looks at the versatile literary form of dramatic monologue.

First published in 1977, this book looks at the versatile literary form of dramatic monologue.

This invaluable book offers the student of literature detailed advice on the entire process of critical essay writing, from first facing the question right through to producing a fair copy for final submission to the teacher.

This invaluable book offers the student of literature detailed advice on the entire process of critical essay writing, from first facing the question right through to producing a fair copy for final submission to the teacher.

It has become a critical commonplace that postmodernism no longer serves as an adequate designation for contemporary literature.

It has become a critical commonplace that postmodernism no longer serves as an adequate designation for contemporary literature.

Are you considering a career in the world of publishing, or simply want to understand more about the industry?

Language "e;Appealing As Sunlight After a Storm.

Playwriting offers a practical guide to the creation of text for live performance.

Playwriting offers a practical guide to the creation of text for live performance.

This book examines the institutional history and disciplinary future of creative writing in the contemporary academy, looking well beyond the perennial questions 'can writing be taught?

This book examines the institutional history and disciplinary future of creative writing in the contemporary academy, looking well beyond the perennial questions 'can writing be taught?

In a world where literary scandals often end up in court, the issue of responsibility in writing has never been more important.