TY - CHAP

T1 - Creative Writing Courses and the Pragmatics of Publishing

AU - Skains, Rebecca

PY - 2020/1/28

Y1 - 2020/1/28

N2 - Teaching creative writing has evolved beyond the workshop; to best serve our students, it calls for a multi-pronged, mixed-methods approach that prepares students not only in terms of critical thinking and craft, but also in terms of skills and vocation. Shifts in creative writing and publishing contexts call for broader inclusion of publishing and writing for publishing in creative writing programmes. This chapter models two undergraduate modules combining creative writing and publishing, and the pedagogical philosophies behind their structures. By exposing students to the variety of publishing options and asking them to evaluate and choose those that best suit their writing and practice, students gain valuable insights into the industry in which they want to work, and experiential knowledge that gives them confidence in their future writing and publishing endeavours.

AB - Teaching creative writing has evolved beyond the workshop; to best serve our students, it calls for a multi-pronged, mixed-methods approach that prepares students not only in terms of critical thinking and craft, but also in terms of skills and vocation. Shifts in creative writing and publishing contexts call for broader inclusion of publishing and writing for publishing in creative writing programmes. This chapter models two undergraduate modules combining creative writing and publishing, and the pedagogical philosophies behind their structures. By exposing students to the variety of publishing options and asking them to evaluate and choose those that best suit their writing and practice, students gain valuable insights into the industry in which they want to work, and experiential knowledge that gives them confidence in their future writing and publishing endeavours.

KW - teaching creative writing

KW - creative writing publishing

KW - creative writing workshop

KW - teaching writing for publishing

KW - writing for publishing

KW - multiliteracies

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780367443153

BT - Essays on Contemporary Publishing and The Culture of Books

A2 - Bradford, Richard

A2 - Baverstock, Alison

A2 - Gonzalez, Madelena

PB - Routledge

CY - London

ER -