Book

Bly, Carol.

Beyond the writers' workshop : new ways to write creative nonfiction / Carol Bly.

1st Anchor Books ed.

New York : Anchor Books, 2001.

xxiv, 376 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

"Inspired by a philosophy of individualism and moral vigilance, Bly combines ideas and techniques from social work, psychotherapy, and neuroscience with the traditional teaching of fresh metaphor, salient dialogue, lively pace, and analysis of other literary work."--Cover.

English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.

Reportage literature -- Authorship -- Study and teaching.

Reportage literature, English -- Study and teaching.

Prose literature -- Authorship -- Study and teaching.

Creative writing (Higher education)

Prose literature -- Authorship.

Creative writing.

Creative nonfiction.

Creative nonfiction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Taking on three demanding situations first -- A fundamental mistake in how we learn to write: skipping the long middle stage of writing -- Using empathic questioning to deepen your first draft -- How stage-development philosophy serves writers -- We have pushed off from the animal kingdom for good: good news for writers from neuroscientists -- Literary fixes -- Seven general issues in teaching creative writing -- Teaching elementary school children to write -- Helping people in middle and high school learn to write -- Helping college students and M.F.A. candidates to write -- Teaching at writers' conferences, community retreats, and summer short courses -- Some issues of aesthetics and ethics of writing literature.

Publisher description

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