This pioneering book introduces students to the practice and art of creative writing and creative reading. It offers a fresh, distinctive and beautifully written synthesis of the discipline. David Morley discusses where creative writing comes from, the various forms and camouflages it has taken, and why we teach and learn the arts of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. He looks at creative writing in performance; as public art, as visual art, as e-literature and as an act of community. As a leading poet, critic and award-winning teacher of the subject, Morley finds new engagements for creative writing in the creative academy and within science. Accessible, entertaining and groundbreaking, The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing is not only a useful textbook for students and teachers of writing, but also an inspiring read in its own right. Aspiring authors and teachers of writing will find much to discover and enjoy.

David Morley is Senior Lecturer in English and Director of the Warwick Writing Programme at the University of Warwick.

Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introducing creative writing; 2. Creative writing in the world; 3. Challenges of creative writing; 4. Composition and creative writing; 5. Processes of creative writing; 6. The practice of Fiction; 7. Creative nonfiction; 8. Writing poetry; 9. Performing writing; 10. Writing in the community and academy.