The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing

Creative writing has become a highly professionalised academic discipline with popular courses and prestigious degree programmes worldwide. This book is a must for all students and teachers of creative writing indeed for anyone who aspires to be a published writer. It engages with a complex art in an accessible manner addressing concepts important to the rapidly growing field of creative writing while maintaining a strong craft emphasis analysing exemplary models of writing and providing related writing exercises. Written by professional writers and teachers of writing the chapters deal with specific genres or forms - ranging from the novel to new media - or with significant topics that explore the cutting edge state of creative writing internationally (including creative writing and science contemporary publishing and new workshop approaches).