Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught‪?‬

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