Description
What can you expect from a creative writing course? What skills do you need to develop? How can you make the most of your degree course - and the opportunities it can create? This book is designed to answer those questions. It explains how to: * learn from other writers, workshops, and online study; * develop ideas and edit your own work; * present your writing and reflect on it; * understand and meet assessment requirements; * apply your learning to life after the course.
About the Author
Dr Sharon Norris has taught creative writing at several universities, most recently as Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing in the Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Roehampton, London). Dr Norris is a trained journalist who works as a writer, editor, and musician.
Reviews
"Studying Creative Writing is the fourth in an international series of books entitled Creative Writing Studies. It is aimed at prospective and current students and those who teach writing in higher education. The book is structured into eleven chapters, each authored by a different teacher-writer. At first glance, the title of this text makes it seem relevant to a very narrow audience. Upon reading, however, it becomes evident that the book is of interest and use to those studying, teaching, and/or practicing writing before, during or after tertiary education - Studying Creative Writing reveals the complexity, rigour and benefits of becoming a writer through higher education. This book shows how learning to read and write in a creative and critical manner, in a structured and supportive environment, not only develops professional writers, but people who are not only multiskilled but have explored the fundamental questions of who they are and what they think about life. Whilst this book is clearly most relevant to teachers and current or future students of creative writing, practising writers may find it a useful resource at specific moments in their career or on a particular project. Despite its defensive opening, and despite how the chapters sometimes seem illogically ordered, this book offers a rich and varied introduction to what is a rich and varied field of study." Helen Gildfind,TEXT Vol 18 No 1 April 2014. "Students new to creative writing are often uncertain about what to expect and how they might cope. Studying creative writing (ed Sharon Norris) provides essays designed to infuse new students with knowledge and hence confidence about every aspect of their studies: how to read, how to write,how to engage with critique, and how to face assessment. Each contributing writer has an engaging, accessible voice, and the book as a whole is a marvellous tool for all students of writing" - Professor Jen Webb, University of Canberra, August 2013.
Book Information
ISBN 9781907076428
Author Sharon Norris
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Creative Writing Studies
Publisher Frontinus Ltd
Weight(grams) 407g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 14mm
About the Author
Dr Sharon Norris has taught creative writing at several universities, most recently as Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing in the Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Roehampton, London). Dr Norris is a trained journalist who works as a writer, editor, and musician.
Reviews
"Studying Creative Writing is the fourth in an international series of books entitled Creative Writing Studies. It is aimed at prospective and current students and those who teach writing in higher education. The book is structured into eleven chapters, each authored by a different teacher-writer. At first glance, the title of this text makes it seem relevant to a very narrow audience. Upon reading, however, it becomes evident that the book is of interest and use to those studying, teaching, and/or practicing writing before, during or after tertiary education - Studying Creative Writing reveals the complexity, rigour and benefits of becoming a writer through higher education. This book shows how learning to read and write in a creative and critical manner, in a structured and supportive environment, not only develops professional writers, but people who are not only multiskilled but have explored the fundamental questions of who they are and what they think about life. Whilst this book is clearly most relevant to teachers and current or future students of creative writing, practising writers may find it a useful resource at specific moments in their career or on a particular project. Despite its defensive opening, and despite how the chapters sometimes seem illogically ordered, this book offers a rich and varied introduction to what is a rich and varied field of study." Helen Gildfind,TEXT Vol 18 No 1 April 2014. "Students new to creative writing are often uncertain about what to expect and how they might cope. Studying creative writing (ed Sharon Norris) provides essays designed to infuse new students with knowledge and hence confidence about every aspect of their studies: how to read, how to write,how to engage with critique, and how to face assessment. Each contributing writer has an engaging, accessible voice, and the book as a whole is a marvellous tool for all students of writing" - Professor Jen Webb, University of Canberra, August 2013.
Book Information
ISBN 9781907076428
Author Sharon Norris
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Creative Writing Studies
Publisher Frontinus Ltd
Weight(grams) 407g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 14mm
