On Creative Writing

Graeme Harper

ISBN 10: 1847692575 / ISBN 13: 9781847692573

Published by Channel View Publications Ltd, GB, 2010

About this Item

What is Creative Writing? Millions of people do it, but how do we do it, really? What evidence of its human undertaking does Creative Writing produce? How do we explore Creative Writing, as both an art form and a mode of communication? How do we come to understand Creative Writing, creatively and critically? Posing questions about the nature of Creative Writing, On Creative Writing asks us to consider what Creative Writing actually is, and in doing so encourages us to reflect on how our knowledge of Creative Writing can be increased. Emphasizing Creative Writing as an act and actions, On Creative Writing considers what lies at the core of the activity called Creative Writing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Creative Writing
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847692575
• ISBN 13: 9781847692573
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 311 grams

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Synopsis

What is Creative Writing? Millions of people do it, but how do we do it, really? What evidence of its human undertaking does Creative Writing produce? How do we explore Creative Writing, as both an art form and a mode of communication? How do we come to understand Creative Writing, creatively and critically? Posing questions about the nature of Creative Writing, On Creative Writing asks us to consider what Creative Writing actually is, and in doing so encourages us to reflect on how our knowledge of Creative Writing can be increased. Emphasizing Creative Writing as an act and actions, On Creative Writing considers what lies at the core of the activity called Creative Writing.

About the Author

Graeme Harper is Professor of Creative Writing and Dean of The Honors College, Oakland University, USA. He has published numerous books on creative writing, as well as novels under the name Brooke Biaz. He is Chair of the Creative Writing Studies Organization and edits New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing (Routledge).