Inside Creative Writing

Inside Creative Writing

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Summary

High profile writers, including Philip Pullman, Nadine Gordimer, Kate Grenville and Robert Pinsky, talk about their writing practice and ways of working. Designed with the needs of creative writers in mind, Graeme Harper explores both practice and process, asking authors questions about subjects ranging from motivation to creativity to drafting.

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Inside Creative Writing by Graeme Harper

What is involved in the act of creative writing? How do renowned authors such as Robert Pinsky, Iain Banks and Philip Pullman write? Proving that there is no single way of writing creatively, Inside Creative Writing features original interviews with award-winning authors from around the globe and reveals the different ways in which they speak of their writing lives. Organised around central themes such as drafting, writing habits and skills, the book explores a wide variety of approaches to the craft of creative writing. With practical exercises and reflective questions tied to each theme, this is essential reading for all practising and aspiring creative writers interested in how they are forging their own, unique ways of working.
'The interviewees include not only the world famous, they represent many nations and strands of writingThey feel like characters in the plot of a book. I was disappointed when it was over'. - Robert Sheppard, Professor of Poetry and Poetics, Edge Hill University. 'This is a fascinating project, groundbreaking, really, and a great joy to read.' - Stephanie Vanderslice, Associate Professor of Literature, University of Central Arkansas, USA
GRAEME HARPER is Director of the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries at Bangor University.  He is Chair of the National Association of Writers in Eduction (NAWE) and Editor of New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing.  He is series editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Appoaches to Writing series and has edited Teaching Creative Writing and Creative Writing Studies.  Awarded the first doctorate in creative writing awarded in Australia, he holds a second doctorate in creative and critical writing from the University of East Anglia
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ISBN 13 9780230212176
ISBN 10 0230212174
Title Inside Creative Writing
Author Graeme Harper
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2012-01-17
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.