Critical Approaches to Creative Writing covers the background, context, evidence and modes of critical exposition and exposes it as a widely taught and learnt activity that leads to a better understanding of creative writing and its results.

Graeme Harper is Professor of Creative Writing and Dean at Oakland University, Michigan, USA. For over a dozen years, he assessed creative writing for Britain's Arts and Humanities Research Council. Awarded the first doctorate in Creative Writing in Australia, he holds a second doctorate in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of East Anglia, UK. An award-winning fiction writer, he examines creative writing in universities throughout the world and is editor of the journal New Writing (Taylor & Francis).

Introduction 1. Writing with Imagination 2. Creative Writing Influences 3. Creative Writing Practices 4. Exploring Creative Writing Evidence 5. Developing Creative Exposition