Creative Writing

About this book

'Creative writing: Education, culture and community' is the first conceptual account of creative writing, one of the most popular – and controversial – educational subjects in Britain today. O’Rourke, a long-established member of the creative writing community, provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the issues and tensions associated with creative writing and puts them in the context of current policy debates. These debates include how best to manage, teach and learn creative writing; how to value and evaluate these activities; and the interface between arts activity and educational inclusiveness. The book offers both a detailed ethnographic study and a careful historical account of creative writing in cultural policy and educational provision, and provides a contextual framework that highlights the contribution of adult education to cultural change and community development. Table of contents: * Introduction * Literature in cultural policy * The rise of creative writing in education * Local cultures of writing * Peopling local cultures of writing * Inside the groups and courses * Being and becoming a creative writing tutor * Myths of the common writer * Questions of progress and value * Summary and conclusion.