A Companion to Creative Writing

A COMPANION TO CREATIVE WRITINGA Companion to Creative Writing is a comprehensive collection covering myriad aspects of the practice and profession of creative writing in the contemporary world. The book features contributions from an international cast of creative writers, publishers and editors, critics, translators, literary prize judges, and many other top professionals. Chapters not only consider the practice of creative writing in terms of how it is "done," but also in terms of what occurs in and around creative writing practice. Chapters address a wide range of topics including the writing of poetry and fiction; playwriting and screenwriting; writing for digital media; editing; creative writing and its engagement with language, spirituality, politics, education, and heritage. Other chapters explore the role of literary critics and ideas around authorship, as well as translation and creative writing, the teaching of creative writing, and the histories and character of the marketplace, prizes, awards, and literary events. With its unprecedented breadth of coverage, A Companion to Creative Writing is an indispensable resource for those who are undertaking creative writing, studying creative writing at any level, or considering studying creative writing.

A Companion to Creative Writing comprehensively considers key aspects of the practice, profession and culture of creative writing in the contemporary world. The most comprehensive collection specifically relating to the practices and cultural and professional place of creative writing Covers not only the how of creative writing, but many more topics in and around the profession and cultural practices surrounding creative writing Features contributions from international writers, editors, publishers, critics, translators, specialists in public art and more Covers the writing of poetry, fiction, new media, plays, films, radio works, and other literary genres and forms Explores creative writing s engagement with culture, language, spirituality, politics, education, and heritage

Notes on Contributors ixForeword by Sir Andrew Motion xiiiIntroduction 1Graeme HarperPart I Creative Writing 71 The Architecture of Story 9Lorraine M. López2 Writing Creative Nonfi ction 24Bronwyn T. Williams3 Writing Poetry 40Nigel McLoughlin4 Writing for Children and Young Adults 56Kathleen Ahrens5 Write on! Practical Strategies for Developing Playwriting 71Peter Billingham6 Writing for Sound/Radio 86Steve May7 Writing the Screenplay 98Craig Batty8 New Media Writing 115Carolyn Handler Miller9 How to Make a Pocket Watch: The British Ph.D. in Creative Writing 129Simon Holloway10 Creative Writing and the Other Arts 144Harriet Edwards and Julia LockheartPart II The Creative Writer's Profession 16111 Agents, Publishers, and Booksellers: A Historical Perspective 163John Feather12 The Changing Role of the Editor: Editors Past, Present, and Future 179Frania Hall13 Translation as Creative Writing 195Manuela Perteghella14 Creative Writing and "the lash of criticism" 213Steven Earnshaw15 But What's Really at Stake for the Barbarian Warrior? Developing a Pedagogy for Paraliterature 229Jeffrey S. Chapman16 Creative Writing and Education 245Jeri Kroll17 The Rise and Rise of Writers' Festivals 263Cori Stewart18 Creative Writing Research 278Graeme Harper19 Literary Prizes and Awards 291Claire SquiresPart III Creative Writing in the World 30520 D.H. Lawrence, Forever on the Move: Creative Writers and Place 307Louise DeSalvo21 The Psychology of Creative Writing 320Marie J.C. Forgeard, Scott Barry Kaufman, and James C. Kaufman22 Creative Writing around the World 334Matthew McCool23 Creative Hauntings: Creative Writing and Literary Heritage at the British Library 348Jamie Andrews24 Politics 357Jon Cook25 Creative Writing and the Cold War University 377Eric Bennett26 "To the imagination, the sacred is self-evident": Thoughts on Spirituality and the Vocation of Creative Writing 393J. Matthew Boyleston27 The Writer-Teacher in the United States: The Place of Teachers in the Community of Writers 405Patrick Bizzaro28 Creative Writing to the Future 421Graeme HarperIndex 433