The Handbook of Creative Writing

Contents; Acknowledgements; 'Introduction', Steven Earnshaw; [B] Section One. Writing: Theories and Contexts.; 1. 'Theories of Creativity and Creative Writing Pedagogy', Mary Swander, Anna Leahy, and Mary Cantrell; 2. 'The Evaluation of Creative Writing at MA Level (UK)', Jenny Newman; 3. 'The Creative Writing MFA', Stephanie Vanderslice; 4. 'Creative Writing and Critical Theory', Lauri Ramey; 5. 'Literary Genres', David Rain; 6. 'The Writer as Artist', Steven Earnshaw; 7. 'The Future of Creative Writing', Paul Dawson; [B] Section Two. The Craft of Writing.; [C] Prose; 8. 'Reading, Writing and Teaching The Short Story', E. A. Markham; 9. 'Writing the Memoir', Judith Barrington; 10. 'Introduction to the Novel', Jane Rogers; 11. 'Crime Fiction', John Dale; 12. 'Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy', Crawford Kilian; 13. 'How Language Lives Us: Reading and Writing Historical Fiction', Brian Kiteley; 14. 'Writing Humorous Fiction', Susan Hubbard; 15. 'Writing for Children', Alan Brown; 16. 'Writing for Teenagers', Linda Newbery; 17. 'The 'Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creative Nonfiction, But were too Naive or Uninformed to Ask' Workshop Simulation', Lee Gutkind; [C] Poetry; 18. 'Introduction to Poetry', Sean O'Brien; 19. 'What is Form?', W. N. Herbert; 20. 'New Poetries', Aaron Kunin; 21. 'The Poet in the Theatre: Verse Drama', Sean O'Brien; 22. 'The Sequence and the Long Poem', George Szirtes; [C] Scriptwriting; 23. 'Introduction to Scriptwriting', Mike Harris; 24. 'Writing for the Stage', Brighde Mullins; 25. 'Writing for Radio', Mike Harris; 26. 'Writing for Television', Stephen V. Duncan; 27. 'Writing for Television - UK Differences', John Milne; 28. 'Writing for Film', Bonnie O'Neill; [C] Other Writing; 29. 'Writing as Experimental Practice', Thalia Field; 30. 'Writing as 'Therapy", Fiona Sampson; 31. 'Writing in the Community', Linda Sargent; 32. 'Writing for the Web', James Sheard; 33. 'The Role of the Critical Essay', Scott McCracken; 34.

Steven Earnshaw is Principal Lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University University. His most recent book is Existentialism (Continuum, 2006). He was previously Course Leader of the MA Writing at Hallam and is co-founder and co-editor of the arts and literature e-zine, Proof.