Studying Creative Writing-Successfully

If you're studying creative writing at a university or college, or considering doing so, this book will show you what to expect from your course of study, demystify the habitual practices of the field, help you maximize your learning (including online), and advise you on how to sustain yourself as a writer after graduation. It offers a practical guide through the creative writing landscape for both undergraduate and graduate studies. Chapters give guidance on everything from developing ideas to revising your draft, from how to 'read as a writer' to how to give a reading, and from the mysteries of grading and critical and reflective studies to the opportunities of literary citizenship. Between them the eleven contributors have had well over a hundred years of experience in teaching and studying the subject. All scholars at American universities or colleges, their creative work spans poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Chapters and contributors: 1.Making the Creative Writing Major Work for You: Planning Now for the Best Outcome by Stephanie Vanderslice, 2. Studying Creative Writing at Today's College or University: What Should I Expect and What Skills Should I Bring? by Trent Hergenrader, 3. Reading as a Writer, Writing as a Reader by Tim Mayers, 4.Invention: Get Started and Keep Going by Travis Nicholson, 5. Revising Your Writing: Strategies for Improving your Work Draft by Draft by Mary Ann Cain, 6. Presenting Your Writing: How to Give a Reading by Garry Craig Powell, 7. The Critical and Reflective Study in Creative Writing: How to Write Them and Why by Dianne Donnelly, 8. Grading Creative Writing: How It's Done and Why by Julie Platt, 9.Learning Creative Writing in Cyberspace: Getting the Most out of an Online Writing Course by Joseph Rein, 10.Beyond Graduation: Sustaining Yourself as a Writer by Anna Leahy, 11. Literary Citizenship: How to Contribute to the Literary Community and Why You Should by Donna Steiner. Studying Creative Writing-Successfully is the seventh title to be published in the international series, Creative Writing Studies. The series comprises titles on creative writing designed for use- by scholars, students, and teachers- in higher education settings. Volume editor Stephanie Vanderslice is Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop at the University of Central Arkansas.