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Future for Creative Writing.
Title:
Future for Creative Writing.
Author:
Harper, Graeme.
ISBN:
9781118325834
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (161 pages)
Series:
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
Contents:
The Future for Creative Writing -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- From Whence… -- To Where… -- Notes -- 1 The Age of Creative Writing -- Living Beyond Ageing -- The New Creative Writing Consciousness -- Emerge New Life -- Fear -- Our New Interconnectedness -- Valuing the Creative -- Beyond Physicalism -- Notes -- References -- 2 Dynamism and the Creative Writer -- Using Synapses -- Creative Writing Is Dynamism -- One Analogy of Change -- Sequences and Consequences in Creative Composition -- Personal and Societal Influences -- Cultural Comparisons -- Actions of Genre -- Other Conditions -- Notes -- References -- 3 Creative Writing Educating -- What Does It Mean? -- Where We Have Gone -- Journeys in Education -- Discoveries, Destinations: The Years Ahead -- Notes -- References -- 4 Developing Creative Exposition -- Beyond Amnesia -- Recognition of Creative Writing Research -- Genesis and Text-Centrism -- A New Field: Creative Exposition -- Notes -- References -- 5 Selling and Buying Creative Writing -- Ding Dong the Book Is Not…? -- Expanding Choice -- Redefinition -- Commerce and Communities of Experiences -- Note -- References -- 6 Speaking in Creative Writing -- Learning to Converse -- Tools of New Creative Writing Languages -- Languages of the Moving Media -- Global Languages, a Global Language -- References -- 7 Living and Working as a Creative Writer -- Firstly, Habitation -- Formation, Adjustment, Outlook -- Generations of Creative Writers -- Sustainability and Creative Writing -- Notes -- References -- Conclusion -- Selected Reading -- Index.
Abstract:
This is a compelling look at the current state and future direction of creative writing by a preeminent scholar in the field. Explores the practice of creative writing, its place in the world, and its impact on individuals and communities Considers the process of creative writing as an art form and as a mode of communication Examines how new technology, notably the internet and cell phones, is changing the ways in which creative work is undertaken and produced Addresses such topics as writing as a cultural production, the education of a creative writer, the changing nature of communication, and different attitudes to empowerment.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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