Teaching Creative Writing: Ideas, exercises, resources and lesson plans for teachers of creative-writing classes

by Helen Stockton

If you teach creative writing or facilitate a writing group, you will want to inspire, inform and encourage would-be writers. This book is a unique, practical resource offering guidance, ideas and exercises to help you do just that. It moves from planning and structuring courses to giving ideas and exercises on all the key aspects of creative writing, providing a wealth of really useful advice and tips. It will enable you to pass on your particular expertise and enthusiasm imaginatively and professionally to all your students.· Guidance on teaching all the skills of creative writing· Ideas on lesson content, example exercises and setting homework· Support on dealing with problems and adapting for different abilities· Tips on group management and feedback· A – Z of specific genres with examples of learning activities.This book will ensure that your teaching will be effective, fun and immensely rewarding.

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction

255 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 3, 2014

Reviews

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of cool ideas I’ve been able to incorporate with this new class i am teaching

[Jade Heslin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I honestly would never have got through the first module of my post-grad without this book. The exercises were extremely helpful and easily modified. It is all nicely tied in with teaching theory which makes for some excellent essay quotes. There are examples of lesson plans for each chapter so you could, (if in a bit of a pickle), steal Stockton’s content directly from the page (not that I ever would, oh no, certainly not…).

The chapters are laid out in such a manner that things are easy to find, however it is so jam-packed full of useful materials that my copy was stuffed full of post-it notes by the end of it – an absolute nightmare to rifle through to find a specific section. It’s all about the colour-coded notes. Damn.

A great, up-to-date, relevant and practical guidebook for all creative writing teachers, facilitators and teachers-to-be. I cannot believe that nobody has reviewed this yet. I can imagine this will be a big seller what with the new Creative Writing A Level, and I would highly recommend it.