Writing for Self-discovery: A Personal Approach to Creative Writing - Softcover

Myra Schneider; John Killick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862042055 ISBN 13: 9781862042056

Publisher: Element Books, 1998

Synopsis

A personal approach to creative writing. 1998 229pp

About this title

About the Author

Myra Schneider is a well-known poet who has given poetry readings all over Britain and been featured on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4. She recently published her seventh collection of poetry and her work has been published in literary journals and national newspapers. She is a successful writing tutor who has run many writing workshops and courses. John Killick is an author who has worked as a writer in residence in a variety of institutions. He is an international lecturer on the subject of Writing and Dementia and is a part Chair and Secretary for the National Association for Writing in Education. He has also run writing courses for various bodies, including the Arvon Foundation.

Synopsis

A focused guide for anyone who wishes to use writing as a tool for self-exploration. Experienced writers wishing to deepen their work and new writers wanting to learn the craft should all benefit from reading this text. Killick and Schneider aim to help their readers feel comfortable with the idea of writing from personal experience and with the idea of expressing their own emotions on paper. By means of gentle guidance they show the way towards producing polished pieces of longer work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Element Books
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862042055
• ISBN 13: 9781862042056
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254