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The desire to create, to write, to fulfil our artistic dreams is a
powerful human need. Yet the number of people who make a living
solely by their pen is actually quite small. What does that mean
for the rest of us, the self-described writing geeks, who are
passionate about writing and who still want to sustain successful
literary lives? What does it really mean to find time to build a
rewarding writing life while pursuing a career, being a partner or
raising a family, in the distracted, time-deprived, 21st-century?
In The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life, based on her Huffington
Post blog of the same name, Stephanie Vanderslice shares the
secrets and tools to developing a successful, rewarding writing
practice in a way that inspires the reader to persevere through the
inevitable lows and even the highs of a literary life, so that
anyone can pursue the path to realizing their artistic dreams.
Revised and updated throughout, this 10th-anniversary edition of
Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? is a significantly expanded
guide to key issues and practices in creative writing teaching
today. Challenging the myths of creative writing teaching,
experienced and up-and-coming teachers explore what works in the
classroom and workshop and what does not. Now brought up-to-date
with new issues that have emerged with the explosion of creative
writing courses in higher education, the new edition includes: *
Guides to and case studies of workshop practice * Discussions on
grading and the myth of "the easy A" * Explorations of the
relationship between reading and writing * A new chapter on
creative writing research * A new chapter on games, fan-fiction and
genre writing * New chapters on identity and activism
The only textbook of its kind, this all-in-one introduction guides
you through the history, theories and practices of creative writing
you need to know to teach this ever-expanding and infinitely
rewarding subject successfully in higher education. Asking you to
think reflectively about the discipline throughout, this book
offers a bridge between teaching and learning of the subject to
help you develop effective and informed methods that will enliven
your classroom and help you discover the best practice for you.
Based on the author’s two decades of teaching and research in
creative writing theory and pedagogy, and on feedback from a range
of instructors in the field, Stephanie Vanderslice brings forward
this essential companion for students and teachers engaging with
the study and instruction of creative writing. Written in
Vanderslice’s trademark cogent, conversational style, Teaching
Creative Writing gives you the tools to understand creative writing
as a subject and a practice and offers you a ready-to-use blueprint
for planning your first creative writing classes. It covers such
critical topics as: - How research into the development of the
creative writer might influence your classroom environment - The
need to free students from damaging myths and pervasive lore - The
use of revision and editing - Creating inclusive classroom spaces
and workshops - The place of genre in creative writing - Teaching
students to work multi-modally - How to assess and grade work -
Introducing students to the literary community - Teaching creative
writing online Building on what it means to teach creative writing
in the 21st century, this book leads you through creating your own
syllabi, course plans, and statements of teaching philosophies,
features capsule interviews with experts on key topics, and
includes an online companion resource which features teacher guides
to using the book.
Blurb: In this passionate, iconoclastic, survey of Creative Writing
as an academic discipline, Stephanie Vanderslice provides a
provocative critique of existing practice. She challenges enduring
myths surrounding creative writing - not least, that writers learn
most from workshops. Through case studies of best practice from
America and elsewhere, Vanderslice provides a vision of change,
showing how undergraduate and postgraduate programs can be reformed
to re-engage with contemporary culture. Abstract: Creative writing
as a discipline is a victim of its own success. The discipline
needs now to demythogize and revitalize itself. Undergraduate and
graduate programs need to be further differentiated. Programs
over-reliant on the traditional creative writing workshop, with its
focus on craft and on building community, are ill equipped to
prepare students for the new realities of the creative economy.
Programs need not only to improve the workshop experience of
students, but also employ a more diverse, outward-looking,
outcomes-oriented pedagogy and to make a more direct contribution
to the development of a literate society.Much can be learnt from
good practice; including distinctive and visionary programs;
developed on both sides of the Atlantic and in Australia. Key
terms: creative writing; literacy; pedagogy; programs; reflective;
reform; teaching; visionary; workshop.
The only textbook of its kind, this all-in-one introduction guides
you through the history, theories and practices of creative writing
you need to know to teach this ever-expanding and infinitely
rewarding subject successfully in higher education. Asking you to
think reflectively about the discipline throughout, this book
offers a bridge between teaching and learning of the subject to
help you develop effective and informed methods that will enliven
your classroom and help you discover the best practice for you.
Based on the author’s two decades of teaching and research in
creative writing theory and pedagogy, and on feedback from a range
of instructors in the field, Stephanie Vanderslice brings forward
this essential companion for students and teachers engaging with
the study and instruction of creative writing. Written in
Vanderslice’s trademark cogent, conversational style, Teaching
Creative Writing gives you the tools to understand creative writing
as a subject and a practice and offers you a ready-to-use blueprint
for planning your first creative writing classes. It covers such
critical topics as: - How research into the development of the
creative writer might influence your classroom environment - The
need to free students from damaging myths and pervasive lore - The
use of revision and editing - Creating inclusive classroom spaces
and workshops - The place of genre in creative writing - Teaching
students to work multi-modally - How to assess and grade work -
Introducing students to the literary community - Teaching creative
writing online Building on what it means to teach creative writing
in the 21st century, this book leads you through creating your own
syllabi, course plans, and statements of teaching philosophies,
features capsule interviews with experts on key topics, and
includes an online companion resource which features teacher guides
to using the book.
In this passionate, iconoclastic, survey of Creative Writing as an
academic discipline, Stephanie Vanderslice provides a provocative
critique of existing practice. She challenges enduring myths
surrounding creative writing - not least, that writers learn most
from workshops. Through case studies of best practice from America
and elsewhere, Vanderslice provides a vision of change, showing how
undergraduate and postgraduate programs can be reformed to
re-engage with contemporary culture.
Revised and updated throughout, this 10th-anniversary edition of
Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught? is a significantly expanded
guide to key issues and practices in creative writing teaching
today. Challenging the myths of creative writing teaching,
experienced and up-and-coming teachers explore what works in the
classroom and workshop and what does not. Now brought up-to-date
with new issues that have emerged with the explosion of creative
writing courses in higher education, the new edition includes: *
Guides to and case studies of workshop practice * Discussions on
grading and the myth of "the easy A" * Explorations of the
relationship between reading and writing * A new chapter on
creative writing research * A new chapter on games, fan-fiction and
genre writing * New chapters on identity and activism
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