Scholarship of Creative Writing Practice

Marshall Moore is Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication at Falmouth University, UK. He is the author of several novels and collections of short fiction, the most recent being Inhospitable (2018). With Xu Xi, he is the co-editor of the anthology The Queen of Statue Square: New Short Fiction from Hong Kong (2015). He holds a PhD in creative writing from Aberystwyth University, UK, and his current research focuses on the disconnects between the publishing industry and the academy, and on the mythology and lore that surround creative practice and pedagogy.Sam Meekings is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Northwestern University in Qatar. He is the author of Under Fishbone Clouds (2011, called ‘a poetic evocation of the country and its people’ by the New York Times), The Book of Crows (2012), and The Afterlives of Dr Gachet (2018). He has a PhD in creative writing from Lancaster University, UK, and has taught writing at NYU (Global Campus) and the University of Chichester, UK. He researches issues of identity in grief narratives, and the practices and processes of digital storytelling.

• Introduction - Marshall Moore (Falmouth University) & Sam Meekings (Northwestern Qatar)1.Three New Myths for Inspiration - Kim Wilkins (The University of Queensland)2.On the Plurality of Practices - Andrew David King (University of California, Berkley)3.Travel Guide to the Unconscious Practices of Creative Writers - Jason Wirtz (Hunter College, City University of New York)4.Faculty Creative Writing as Nationally/Notionally Funded University Research - Darryl Whetter (Université Sainte-Anne, Canada)5.Write a Novel in Twelve Easy Steps - Lania Knight (Open University)6.The Writer as Citizen: Creative Writing, Social Action and Political Responsibility - Jen Webb (University of Canberra)7.But What About the Imagination? Representation, Other People’s Stories and Fiction Writing - Tresa LeClerc (University of California, San Diego)8.Drafting, Revision and an Author’s Duty of Care: my novel ‘Housework of Desire’ and the near-destruction of a thirty-year friendship - Shady Cosgrove (University of Wollongong NSW)9.A New Vision of Beauty in Creative Writing Practice - Belinda Hopper (Macquarie University, Sydney)10.In Pursuit of the Writer’s Life: Despite the Academy - XU XI with support by research associate Grace Keith (College of the Holy Cross)11.Writing and Anxiety: What Are Writers When They’re Not Writing? - Sam Meekings (Northwestern Qatar)12.The Value in Authors’ Writing Self-Reports: Helping Student-Writers Learn the Practice of Writing from those who Practice - Tamara Girardi (HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College)13.Author Platform and the Boundaries of Creative Practice - Marshall Moore (Falmouth University)14.Navigating Academia as a Couple, as Parents, as Writers - Stephanie and John Vanderslice (University of Central Arkansas)

The Scholarship of Creative Writing and Practice should have a place on every writer’s bookshelf. Drawing on a wealth of current scholarship in Creative Writing Studies and beyond, this collection is a balm for those feeling isolated or discombobulated in our writing practice, wondering if others could possibly face the same challenges and whether there are navigable ways past them. In these pages, you’ll find the conclusive and resounding answer: “Yes!”