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xviii, 258 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
"Creative writing pedagogy is enjoying a rapid expansion - college courses have rocketed from four courses in 1999 to 38 in the US, UK and Canada in 2016. Investigative Creative Writing builds on teaching theories of established writers and scholars as well as current innovators in the field. In laying out the theoretical foundation for an experiential, discovery-based learning approach, the book is primarily aimed at those who teach at college/tertiary level. It will also be useful for teachers and students practicing the craft of writing in related fields like English, writing, linguistics, communications, composition and rhetoric and education.Investigative Creative Writing can be envisioned as a practical tool for overcoming hurdles that impede writers from venturing into unknown territory where discoveries take place. In other words, beyond assisting in developing and honing more cutting-edge creative writing programs, this guidebook will be extremely helpful for curious intellects in getting to the meat of the matter, generating narratives, identifying arguments, fleshing out character traits, discovering direction for plots, and developing a host of other skills that foster and embolden a literal and literary freedom of the imagination. Examples of student assignments are included in the text as well as instructions for assignments from past classes which are intended for instructors to adjust according to their needs"--
Introduction: Discover creative writing superpowers through investigative teaching techniques -- Teaching students to show not tell -- The new weird : what happens to creative writing when the truth is stranger than fiction -- The ten commandments of incorporating dialogue : for those seeking to inform the unprepared, the disengaged, and the thoroughly confused -- Multiple-personality pedagogy : a hybrid teaching tool for varying voice in the classroom -- Extreme puppet theater as a tool for writing pedagogy -- May the farce be with you : reflections on extreme puppet theater as a vehicle towards something else -- Pointers for performance of poetry and prose -- How to sell a creative writing program based on the question "why study creative writing?" -- Ten recommendations for growing creative writing programs -- Dealing with diverse issues in creative writing programs : a polemic -- Introducing "eco" to the homies : a liberal professor's activist approach -- Experience investigative eco-fiction -- From wild people to wilderness : an education in investigating monsters in our midst -- Seven investigative group exercises -- Four investigative exercises for individual discovery -- Six investigative homework exercises for encouraging literary citizenship.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2020.