In this Book

Keywords in Creative Writing

Book
Wendy Bishop and David Starkey
2006
summary
Keywords in Creative Writing provides a brief but comprehensive introduction to the field of creative writing through its landmark terms, exploring concerns as abstract as postmodernism and identity politics alongside very practical interests of beginning writers, like contests, agents, and royalties. This approach makes the book ideal for the college classroom, and unique in the field, combining the pragmatic accessibility of popular writer's handbooks, with a wider, more scholarly vision of theory and research.

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

CONTENTS (ALPHABETICAL)

pp. v-vi

CONTENTS (TOPIC CLUSTERS)

pp. vii-viii

INTRODUCTION

pp. xi-xvi

ADJUNCT AND TEMPORARY FACULTY

pp. 1-5

AGENTS

pp. 5-11

ANTHOLOGY

pp. 11-13

ASSOCIATED WRITING PROGRAMS

pp. 14-15

AUTHOR

pp. 15-18

BLOCK AND PROCRASTINATION

pp. 19-25

CHAPBOOKS

pp. 25-29

COLLABORATION

pp. 29-36

COMPOSITION

pp. 36-41

CONFERENCES, COLONIES, AND RESIDENCIES

pp. 41-44

CONTESTS

pp. 44-48

CONTRIBUTOR’S COPY

pp. 48-49

COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

pp. 49-55

CREATIVE DISSERTATION

pp. 55-62

CREATIVE NONFICTION

pp. 62-70

CREATIVITY

pp. 70-75

EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS

pp. 76-84

ELECTRONIC LITERATURE

pp. 84-89

FICTION

pp. 89-95

GENRE

pp. 95-99

GRANTS

pp. 99-102

IDENTITY POLITICS

pp. 102-112

IMAGE AND METAPHOR

pp. 112-115

MFA (MASTER OF FINE ARTS)

pp. 115-119

PEDAGOGY

pp. 119-125

POETRY

pp. 125-131

POSTMODERNISM

pp. 131-134

READING

pp. 134-139

REJECTION

pp. 139-141

ROYALTIES AND PERMISSION FEES

pp. 141-144

SCHMOOZING

pp. 144-145

SCRIPTWRITING

pp. 146-152

STYLE AND VOICE

pp. 152-155

SUBMISSIONS

pp. 155-162

TEACHING JOBS

pp. 162-170

THEORY

pp. 170-178

THERAPY (AND THERAPEUTIC)

pp. 178-186

TRANSLATION

pp. 186-190

TWO-YEAR COLLEGES

pp. 190-194

VANITY PRESS

pp. 194-197

WORKSHOP

pp. 197-200

WRITERS’ RESOURCES

pp. 200-202

WRITING GROUPS

pp. 202-206

REFERENCES

pp. 207-219
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