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