A Companion to Creative Writing comprehensively considers key aspects of the practice, profession and culture of creative writing in the contemporary world. A Companion to Creative Writing comprehensively considers key aspects of the practice, profession and culture of creative writing in the contemporary world. Contributor Biographies Foreword – Sir Andrew Motion Introduction – Graeme Harper 1. Creative Writing 1. The Architecture of Story – Lorraine Lopez, Vanderbilt University 2. Writing Creative Non-Fiction – Bronwyn T. Williams, University of Louisville 3. Writing Poetry – Nigel McLoughlin, University of Gloucestershire 4. Writing for Children and Young Adults – Kathleen Ahrens, Hong Kong Baptist University 5. Write on! Practical Strategies for Developing Playwriting – Peter Billingham, University of Winchester 6. Writing for Sound/Radio – Steve May, Bath Spa University 7. Writing the Screenplay – Craig Batty, RMIT University 8. New Media Writing – Carolyn Handler Miller, University of New Mexico 9. How to Make a Pocket Watch: the British PhD in Creative Writing – Simon Holloway,  Independent  Scholar 10. Creative Writing and the Other Arts – Harriet Edwards and Julia Lockheart, Goldsmiths College, University of London and the Royal College of Art 2. The Creative Writer’s Profession 11. Agents, Publishers and Booksellers: an Historical Perspective – John Feather, Loughborough University 12. The Changing Role of the Editors: Editors Past, Present and Future – Frania Hall, London College of  Communication, University of the Arts, London 13. Translation as Creative Writing –Manuela Perteghella, Independent Scholar 14. Creative Writing and ‘the lash of criticism’ – Steve Earnshaw, Sheffield Hallam University 15. “But What’s Really at Stake for the Barbarian Warrior?” Developing a Pedagogy for Paraliterature –  Jeffrey S. Chapman, Oakland University 16. Creative Writing and Education – Jeri Kroll, Flinders University 17. The Rise and Rise of Writers’ Festivals – Cori Stewart, Arts Queensland (Australia) 18. Creative Writing Research – Graeme Harper, Oakland University 19. Literary Prizes and Awards – Claire Squires 3. Creative Writing in the World 20.  D.H.Lawrence, Forever on the Move. Creative Writers and Place – Louise DeSalvo, Hunter College, New York 21. The Psychology of Creative Writing – James Kaufman, Scott Kaufman, Marie Foregeard,  University of  Pennsylvania, New York University, California State University at San Bernardino 22. Creative Writing Around the World – Matthew McCool, Independent Scholar 23. Cultural Heritage and Creative Writing – Jamie Andrews, The British Library 24. Politics  – Jon Cook, University of East Anglia 25. Creative Writing and the Cold War University – Eric Bennett, Providence College 26. “To the imagination, the sacred is self-evident”: Thoughts on Spirituality and the Vocation of Creative Writing – J. Matthew Boyleston, Houston Baptist University 27. The Teacher-Writer in the USA: the Place of Teachers in the Community of Writers – Patrick Bizzaro, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 28. Creative Writing to the Future – Graeme Harper, Oakland University Index