The Future for Creative Writing

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John Wiley & Sons, Mar 28, 2014 - Education - 160 pages

This is a compelling look at the current state and future direction of creative writing by a preeminent scholar in the field.

  • Explores the practice of creative writing, its place in the world, and its impact on individuals and communities
  • Considers the process of creative writing as an art form and as a mode of communication
  • Examines how new technology, notably the internet and cell phones, is changing the ways in which creative work is undertaken and produced
  • Addresses such topics as writing as a cultural production, the education of a creative writer, the changing nature of communication, and different attitudes to empowerment
 

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Contents

Series page
To Where
Reference
Our New Interconnectedness
Dynamism and the Creative Writer
Personal andSocietal Influences
Creative Writing Educating
Actions ofGenre
Developing Creative Exposition
Selling and Buying Creative Writing
Speaking in Creative Writing
References
Conclusion
Copyright

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About the author (2014)

Graeme Harper is a Professor of Creative Writing and Dean of The Honors College at Oakland University, Michigan, USA. A writer of fiction and a scriptwriter, he is an honorary professor in the United Kingdom, and was inaugural Chair of the Higher Education Committee at the UK’s National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE). He is the editor of The Companion to Creative Writing (Wiley Blackwell, 2013) and author of Inside Creative Writing: Interviews with Contemporary Writers (2012) and On Creative Writing (2010). He serves as editor for New Writing: the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing.

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TitleThe Future for Creative Writing
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
AuthorGraeme Harper
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2014
ISBN1118325842, 9781118325841
Length160 pages
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