The Portable MFA in Creative Writing: improve your craft with the core essentials taught to MFA students - Softcover

, New York Writers Workshop

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582973504 ISBN 13: 9781582973500

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2006

Synopsis

Get the core knowledge of a prestigious MFA education without the tuition.

Have you always wanted to get an MFA, but couldn't because of the cost, time commitment, or admission requirements?

Well now you can fulfill that dream without having to devote tons of money or time. The Portable MFA gives you all of the essential information you would learn in the MFA program in one book. Covering fiction, memoirs, personal essays, magazine articles, poetry, and playwriting, this book provides you with:

- Inspiration and tips on revision, stamina, and productivity
- Clear instruction on the craft behind the art
- Detailed reading lists to expand your literary horizons
- Exercises to improve your writing endeavors

By heeding the advice in The Portable MFA, you will gain the wisdom and experience of some of today's greatest teachers, all for just the price of a book.

About this title

Synopsis

Writers can get the core knowledge of a prestigious $50,000 MFA program without paying tuition. With sound, nuts-and-bolts instruction and real-world career advice, this book is the only book speaking directly to the tens of thousands each year who don't make it into MFA programs. The topics include magazine writing, memoir and personal essay, poetry, fiction, playwriting and more: inspiration and tips on revision, stamina and productivity; clear instruction on the craft behind the art; and, detailed reading lists to expand writers' literary horizons. Those who heed its advice will gain the wisdom and experience of some of today's greatest teaching minds, all for the price of a book.

About the Author

The New York Writers Workshop is the only teacher-founded, teacher-run writing collective in New York City. It offers writing courses to writers of all levels on short stories, novels, non-fiction and other disciplines. The rapidly growing group also co-hosts a webzine at www.ducts.org and runs a monthly reading series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582973504
• ISBN 13: 9781582973500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290