A Companion to Creative Writing

Contributor Biographies Foreword -- Sir Andrew Motion Introduction -- Graeme Harper 1. Creative Writing 1. The Architecture of Story -- Lorraine Lopez, Vanderbilt University 2. Writing Creative Non-Fiction -- Bronwyn T. Williams, University of Louisville 3. Writing Poetry -- Nigel McLoughlin, University of Gloucestershire 4. Writing for Children and Young Adults -- Kathleen Ahrens, Hong Kong Baptist University 5. Write on! Practical Strategies for Developing Playwriting -- Peter Billingham, University of Winchester 6. Writing for Sound/Radio -- Steve May, Bath Spa University 7. Writing the Screenplay -- Craig Batty, RMIT University 8. New Media Writing -- Carolyn Handler Miller, University of New Mexico 9. How to Make a Pocket Watch: the British PhD in Creative Writing -- Simon Holloway, Independent Scholar 10. Creative Writing and the Other Arts -- Harriet Edwards and Julia Lockheart, Goldsmiths College, University of London and the Royal College of Art 2. The Creative Writer's Profession 11. Agents, Publishers and Booksellers: an Historical Perspective -- John Feather, LoughboroughUniversity 12. The Changing Role of the Editors: Editors Past, Present and Future -- Frania Hall, London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London 13. Translation as Creative Writing --Manuela Perteghella, Independent Scholar 14. Creative Writing and 'the lash of criticism' -- Steve Earnshaw, Sheffield Hallam University 15. "But What's Really at Stake for the Barbarian Warrior?" Developing a Pedagogy for Paraliterature -- Jeffrey S. Chapman, Oakland University 16. Creative Writing and Education -- Jeri Kroll, Flinders University 17. The Rise and Rise of Writers' Festivals -- Cori Stewart, Arts Queensland (Australia) 18. Creative Writing Research -- Graeme Harper, Oakland University 19. Literary Prizes and Awards -- Claire Squires 3. Creative Writing in the World 20. D.H.Lawrence, Forever on the Move. Creative Writers and Place -- Louise DeSalvo, Hunter College, New York 21. The Psychology of Creative Writing -- James Kaufman, Scott Kaufman, Marie Foregeard, University of Pennsylvania, New York University, California State University at San Bernardino 22. Creative Writing Around the World -- Matthew McCool, Independent Scholar 23. Cultural Heritage and Creative Writing -- Jamie Andrews, The British Library 24. Politics -- Jon Cook, University of East Anglia 25. Creative Writing and the Cold War University -- Eric Bennett, Providence College 26. "To the imagination, the sacred is self-evident": Thoughts on Spirituality and the Vocation of Creative Writing -- J. Matthew Boyleston, Houston Baptist University 27. The Teacher-Writer in the USA: the Place of Teachers in the Community of Writers -- Patrick Bizzaro, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 28. Creative Writing to the Future -- Graeme Harper, Oakland University Index