A Writer's Craft

<p><b>An introductory creative writing text with a unique, multi-genre approach, this book provides students with an understanding of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and drama writing craft and the elements they have in common. </b>Underscoring the importance of learning good writing habits before committing to one genre, it treats students as professional writers and fosters a comprehensive understanding of creative writing as a discipline, encouraging them to look beyond their genre expectations and spark their own creativity. Now in its long-anticipated second edition, <i>A Writer’s Craft </i>has been fully revised and expanded throughout and now includes:<br><br>- Greater focus on global literature from a diverse range of writers and considers writing in languages beyond English and non-Western narrative patterns and forms<br>- Exploration of how genres have developed including in popular fiction, digital writing and using AI as a part of practice<br>- Expanded sections on drama and invented worlds to look at radio and screenplay-writing and worldbuilding<br>- Two new appendix sections on strategies for revision and how to read and comment on each writing genre<br>- A trove of new exercises as well as group exercises in all chapters for workshop use<br><br> Bringing back popular features such as the the glossary of literary terms, lists of resources for further study and submission and guidelines for workshops, <i>A Writer’s Craft</i> remains the ideal companion to introductory creative writing classes and one of the 'Best Books for Writers' according to <i>Poets and Writers</i> magazine.<br><br> Accompanying online resources are also returning and these can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/a-writers-craft. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.</p>