Best Mfa Creative Writing Programs - April 2024

Creative Writing Mfa Handbook: A Guide for Prospective Graduate Students (Revised & Updated)

Revised and Updated! The Creative Writing MFA Handbook guides prospective graduate students through the difficult process of researching, applying to, and choosing graduate schools in creative writing. The handbook includes profiles of fifty creative writing programs, guidance through the application process, advice from current professors and students including George Saunders, Aimee Bender, Tracy K. Smith, and Geoffrey Wolff, and the most comprehensive listings of graduate writing programs in and outside the United States. The handbook also includes special sections about Low-Residency writi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 082642886X
• ASIN: 082642886X
• ISBN: 082642886X
• Manufacturer: Continuum

The Portable MFA in Creative Writing

Get the core knowledge of a prestigious MFA education without the tuition.Have you always wanted to get an MFA, but couldn't because of the cost, time commitment, or admission requirements?Well now you can fulfill that dream without having to devote tons of money or time. The Portable MFA gives you all of the essential information you would learn in the MFA program in one book. Covering fiction, memoirs, personal essays, magazine articles, poetry, and playwriting, this book provides you with:Inspiration and tips on revision, stamina, and productivityClear instruction on the craft behind the ar... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1582973504
• UPC: 035313109799
• ASIN: 1582973504
• ISBN: 1582973504
• Brand: Writer's Digest
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

You Can't Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction--from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between

From "the godfather behind creative nonfiction" (Vanity Fair) comes this indispensable how-to for nonfiction writers of all levels and genres, "reminiscent of Stephen King's fiction handbook On Writing" (Kirkus). Whether you're writing a rags-to-riches tell-all memoir or literary journalism, telling true stories well is hard work. In You Can't Make This Stuff Up, Lee Gutkind, the go-to expert for all things creative nonfiction, offers his unvarnished wisdom to help you craft the best writing possible. Frank, to-the-point, and always entertaining, Gutkind describes and illustrates every aspect... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0738215546
• ASIN: 0738215546
• ISBN: 0738215546
• Brand: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Lifelong Books

The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

“I don’t know why we do it. We must be crazy./Welcome, fellow poet.”―Richard Hugo Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer called “one of the most passionate, energetic and honest poets living,” was that rare phenomenon―a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo’s classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all “directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems.” From pieces that include “Writing off the Subject” and “How Poets Make a Living,” anyone, from th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 039333872X
• ASIN: 039333872X
• ISBN: 039333872X
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build Your Community

Get the Knowledge Without the College! You are a writer. You dream of sharing your words with the world, and you're willing to put in the hard work to achieve success. You may have even considered earning your MFA, but for whatever reason--tuition costs, the time commitment, or other responsibilities--you've never been able to do it. Or maybe you've been looking for a self-guided approach so you don't have to go back to school. This book is for you.DIY MFA is the do-it-yourself alternative to a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. By combining the three main components of a traditional MFA... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1599639343
• UPC: 035313664458
• ASIN: 1599639343
• ISBN: 1599639343
• Brand: Writer's Digest
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of Devising Theater

A detailed guide to the collaborative method developed by the acclaimed creators of The Laramie Project and Gross Indecency--destined to become a classic. A Vintage Original.By Moisés Kaufman and Barbara Pitts McAdams with Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Kelli Simpkins, Jimmy Maize, and Scott Barrow. For more than two decades, the members of Tectonic Theater Project have been rigorously experimenting with the process of theatrical creation. Here they set forth a detailed manual of their devising method and a thorough chronicle of how they wrote some of their best-known works. T... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101971770
• ASIN: 1101971770
• ISBN: 1101971770
• Manufacturer: Vintage

How to be a Travel Writer (Lonely Planet)

Bursting with invaluable advice, this inspiring and practical guide, fully revised and updated in this new edition, is a must for anyone who yearns to write about travel - whether they aspire to make their living from it or simply enjoy jotting in a journal for posterity. You don't have to make money to profit from travel writing. Sometimes, the richest rewards are in the currency of experience. How to be a Travel Writer reveals the varied possibilities that travel writing offers and inspires all travellers to take advantage of those opportunities. That's where the journey begins - where it ta... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1786578662
• ASIN: 1786578662
• ISBN: 9781786578662
• Manufacturer: Lonely Planet

Art-Write: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists

Art-Write:The Writing Guide for Visual Artists has a single intention: To teach artists how to write about their own artwork. This concise and current career resource is filled with achievable advice on how to write for art promotion and sales. The book offers a step-by-step approach to create a professional artist statement, with thinking and writing exercises to ease the process and develop authentic and clear content. Opportunities in the art world often begin with the artist's own writing; for exhibitions, funding, press releases and email inquiry letters. Art-Write offers comprehensiv... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1937303128
• ASIN: 1937303128
• ISBN: 1937303128
• Brand: Brand: Luminare Press
• Manufacturer: Vicki Krohn Amorose

In the Palm of Your Hand, Second Edition: A Poet's Portable Workshop (Second Edition)

*Over 90,000 copies sold*Long an anchor text for college and junior college writing classes, this illuminating and invaluable guide has become a favorite for beginning poets and an ever-valuable reference for more advanced students who want to sharpen their craft, expand their technical skills, and engage their deepest memories and concerns.This edition adds Steve Kowit’s famous essay on poetics “The Mystique of the Difficult Poem,” in which he argues stirringly and forcefully that a poem need not be obscure to be great.Ideal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire stud... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0884485315
• ASIN: 0884485315
• ISBN: 9780884485315
• Brand: TILBURY HOUSE
• Manufacturer: Tilbury House Publishers

We Wanted to Be Writers: Life, Love, and Literature at the Iowa Writers' Workshop

We Wanted to be Writers is a rollicking and insightful blend of original interviews, commentary, advice, gossip, anecdotes, analyses, history, and asides with nearly thirty graduates and teachers at the now legendary Iowa Writers' Workshop between 1974 and 1978. Among the talents that emerged in those years-writing, criticizing, drinking, and debating in the classrooms and barrooms of Iowa City-were the younger versions of writers who became John Irving, Jane Smiley, T. C. Boyle, Michelle Huneven, Allan Gurganus, Sandra Cisneros, Jayne Anne Phillips, Jennie Fields, Joy Harjo, Joe Haldeman, and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 160239735X
• ASIN: 160239735X
• ISBN: 9781602397354
• Brand: Brand: Skyhorse Publishing
• Manufacturer: Skyhorse

AN Insider's Guide to Creative Writing Programs: Choosing the Right MFA or MA Program, Colony, Residency, Grant or Fellowship

Get the final word on creative writing programs in this unique reference guide. With detailed information on recent graduates, visiting writers, application requirements, costs, and program highlights, this authoritative guide offers writers of all levels and in all genres-poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction-what they need to know to follow their muses and advance their careers. This in-depth guide covers: - Low-residency MFA programs-a hot new option - Which programs have the best reputations, and why - Which programs offer the most writing time, the best scholarships, and more - Writers' ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0735204055
• ASIN: 0735204055
• ISBN: 0735204055
• Brand: Brand: Prentice Hall Press
• Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press

Clear and Simple As the Truth: Writing Classic Prose

• ASIN: 0691029172
• ASIN: 0691029172
• ISBN: 0691029172
• Brand: Brand: Princeton University Press
• Manufacturer: Princeton University Press

How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling

Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, this book is perfect for beginners as well as professional writers who need a crash course in the down-to-earth basics of storytelling. Talent and inspiration can't be taught, but Frey does provide scores of helpful suggestions and sensible rules and principles.An international bestseller, How to Write a Damn Good Novel will enable all writers to face that intimidating first page, keep them on track when they falter, and help them recognize, analyze, and correct the problems in their own work.

• ASIN: 0312010443
• ASIN: 0312010443
• ISBN: 0312010443
• Brand: St Martin s Press
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Clockwork Lives

In Clockwork Angels, #1 bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart created a fabulous, adventurous steampunk world in a novel to accompany the smash Rush concept album of the same name. It was a world of airships and alchemy, clockwork carnivals, pirates, lost cities, a rigid Watchmaker who controlled every aspect of life, and his nemesis, the ruthless and violent Anarchist who wanted to destroy it all.Anderson and Peart have returned to their colorful creation to explore the places and the characters that still have a hold on their imagination. Mar... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M0MV7C3
• ASIN: B01M0MV7C3
• Manufacturer: WordFire Press

Kudos: A Novel (Outline Trilogy)

• ASIN: 0374279861
• ASIN: 0374279861
• ISBN: 0374279861
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The Writer's Toolbox: Creative Games and Exercises for Inspiring the 'Write' Side of Your Brain (Writing Prompts, Writer Gifts, Writing Kit Gifts)

9780811854290

• UPC: 159924861

The Portable Mfa in Creative Writing (Paperback)

With this resource, writers can get the core knowledge of an MFA program without spending $50,000 in tuition from the teacher-founded, teacher-run writing collective in New

• UPC: 4563631
• Rating: 3.5

1200 Creative Writing Prompts

If you're looking for writing ideas, you've come to the right place. Perfect for writers who are feeling uninspired or who simply want to tackle a new writing challenge, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts has something

• UPC: 53344910

Write It Out : Hundreds of Writing Prompts to Inspire Creative Thinking

Provides writing prompts to spark the imagination and inspire the creation of a varied collection of creative

• UPC: 50721843

The Creative Writing Mfa Handbook, Revised and Updated Edition : A Guide for Prospective Graduate Students

The Creative Writing MFA Handbook guides prospective graduate students through the difficult process of researching, applying to, and choosing graduate schools in creative writing. This second edition updates and builds upon the first edition, which

• UPC: 8150247
• Rating: 5.0

Bible Journaling Made Simple Creative Workbook : A Guided Journal for Art and Writing

9781440354779

• UPC: 181904777

Art Of Dramatic Writing : Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

The author offers an approach to playwriting based on the natural law of

• UPC: 392490
• Rating: 4.667

Creative Writing Exercises for Dummies

Written by the founder of the Complete Creative Writing Course at London's Groucho Club, this activity-based guide walks you through the process of developing and writing in a wide range of genres including novels, short

• UPC: 38185862

Basher Basics: Creative Writing

Presents an approach to creative writing that personifies key steps and elements of good writing to explain such areas as creating characters, establishing settings, and enabling events to move in a logical

• UPC: 21308326

Creating Character Arcs Workbook : The Writer's Reference to Exceptional Character Development and Creative Writing

Uncover the Secrets to Creating Characters Readers Will Never ForgetAward-winning author K.M. Weiland's previous book, the acclaimed Creating Character Arcs, showed writers how to identify the five most important types of character arcs and use

• UPC: 802203560