The Handbook Of Creative Writing

This work is an extensive, practical and inspirational student resource. This three-in-one volume is designed as a suitable textbook for students and practitioners of creative writing at all levels. In 48 distinctive chapters the Handbook: examines the critical theories behind the practice of creative writing (Part 1); explains the basics of how to write a novel, script or poetry (Part 2); and explores how to deal with the practicalities and problems of becoming a writer (Part 3). As well as covering the main creative writing activities there are chapters on many different practices from literary editing to writing for children and from translation to managing a small magazine. Contributors are all experts in their fields: poets novelists, dramatists, publishers, editors, tutors, critics and academics. Anyone with an interest in creative writing will find this book invaluable as a means of developing their own creative writing projects and of opening up new areas of writing activity.