Serious Daring: Creative Writing in Four Genres

by Lisa Roney

Top Three Reasons to Adopt This Book

* Flexible Structure. This innovative text features a flexible organization that allows for different course structures and various teaching approaches.
* Practical Lessons. In addition to a comprehensive introduction to Creative Writing craft, the book provides practical tips and poses questions to prepare students for continuing their writing lives long term.
* Fresh Readings. The anthology offers up a fresh mix of classic and newer reading selections that promote step-by-step instruction in the craft and encourage further discussion.

Genres: Textbooks, Read For School, School

608 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2014

Reviews

[Angela]

A truly fun read with tons of exercises for aspiring writers. A plethora of great works by a vast amount of writers as well! I do not regret purchasing this textbook.

[Vanessa Blakeslee]

Those teaching college-level creative writing workshops: I can't express enough how pleased I am with the textbook, SERIOUS DARING, by Lisa Claire Roney. Smart, succinct, and au currant, it contains a balanced array of anthology selections along with craft instruction, plus sections on "Reading Like a Writer," "How Writers Make a Living," "Looking Ahead in Academia," "The Changing Publishing World," etc. Roney's discussion of practical career matters along with craft makes this a must for today's up-and-coming writers, not to mention a terrific value. This is the textbook I've long been searching for, and a creative writing textbook that doesn't address these concerns in a post-MFA-exploded world is sorely remiss. I predict we'll be talking about "the Roney book" for years to come.

[Jim Minick]

I teach intro to creative writing with this book--it has a great anthology as well as prompts.