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.<br/><br/>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: <br/><br/>- Guides to and case studies of workshop practice<br/>- Discussions on grading and the myth of the easy A<br/>- Explorations of the relationship between reading and writing<br/>- A new chapter on creative writing research<br/>- A new chapter on games fan-fiction and genre writing<br/>- New chapters on identity and activism