The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing - Softcover

Mokhtari, Tara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472578430 ISBN 13: 9781472578433

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

Synopsis

Covering a wide range of forms and genres, The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing is a complete introductory manual for students of creative writing. Through a structured series of practical writing exercises - perfect for the classroom, the writer's workshop or as a starting point for a portfolio of work - the book builds the student writer from the first explorations of their own voice, through to mastery of a wide range of genres and forms.

The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing covers such genres as:
· Autobiographical writing
· Short fiction
· Poetry
· Screenwriting
· Writing for performance
· Writing for digital media

With practical guidance on writing scholarly critiques of your own work and a glossary of terms for ease of reference, this book is an essential manual for any introductory creative writing course and a practical companion for more advanced writers.

About this title

About the Author

Tara Mokhtari is an Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Bronx Community College, USA, has taught creative writing, literature, and communications at universities in Australia and the United States since 2007, and is the author of Anxiety Soup.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472578430
• ISBN 13: 9781472578433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272