Creative Writing and Publishing

You are studying, writing about or just generally interested in all aspects of creative writing and also the different routes, roles and practicalities of publishing books.

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Five Properties Of Creativity, And How They Can Help With The Writing Process

Philip Seargeant

7th March 2017

Edited

19th August 2021

In an exclusive piece for Writers & Artists, author and Open University lecturer Philip Seargeant considers five properties of creativity, and...

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The Novel Démeublé

Writer's Reader

23rd February 2017

Edited

10th December 2024

American writer Willa Cather explores stripping away the 'over-furnished' novel in this extract from her essay The Novel Démeublé, featured in The...

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Five Lies Creative Writing Teachers Tell

David Savill

31st March 2016

Edited

10th December 2024

David Savill - author of They Are Trying To Break Your Heart - debunks those phrases so often heard in creative writing classes across the world in '...

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The Benefits of Creative Writing MAs

Clare Povey

30th October 2015

Edited

10th December 2024

It was my own fault: if I had turned off wi-fi as part of my good-writing-practice, Hanif Kureishi would not have metamorphosed into the crumb...

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The Value of Writers’ Retreats

Debbie Young

2nd July 2014

Edited

17th September 2020

Debbie Young on the value of writers' retreats, where authors have the opportunity to become fully immersed in their writing.

Truthful Fictions: Conversations with American Biographical Novelists

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The Historical, Political, & Literary Audacity of the Biographical Novel

Michael Lackey

5th June 2014

Edited

14th October 2020

Non-fiction author Michael Lackey explores the biographical novel; why it's one of the richest and most surprising aesthetic forms of contemporary...