Black Writers' Toolbox

Muli Amaye is the Coordinator for the MFA in Creative Writing at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobego. A novelist, short story writer and occasional poet, she gained her PhD in creative writing at Lancaster University, UK where she also taught for several years before developing the English programme at Soran University, Northern Iraq. Her novel A House With No Angels was published in 2019 and her short stories have been published in Midnight & Indigo Literary Journal and the anthology Glimpse.

• PrefaceForeword Acknowledgements How to use this book Chapter 1: Structuring Black SentencesVelvet Man by Leone RossChapter 2: Using Black SensesUnderground by Courttia NewlandChapter 3: Creating Black SettingsWaiting by Muli AmayeChapter 4: Fully Functional Black CharacterisationThe Water Beneath My Feet by June AmingChapter 5: Black VoiceGetting Home: A Black Urban Myth (The Proofreader’s Sigh) by Peter KaluChapter 6: Black LanguageTerre Brulée by Celeste MohammedChapter 7: Having a Black Point of ViewBoss Lady by Nadja Nabbie Chapter 8: Black Story, Plot & Structure Mr Koala by Malcolm Cocks Chapter 9: Writing Self, Writing Other, Writing Black Strike by Muli Amaye Chapter 10: Writing Black EmotionThe First Shampoo Hair Show by Nii Ayikwe ParkesBibliography Short Story ContributorsIndex

Born of Amaye's long experience as a writer and educator, this timely book is a confidence-boosting antidote to racist assumptions which dominate the world of creative writing. An essential guide for writers who seek practical guidance on writing Black characters.