GRAEME HARPER is Director of the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries at Bangor University.  He is Chair of the National Association of Writers in Eduction (NAWE) and Editor of New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing.  He is series editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Appoaches to Writing series and has edited Teaching Creative Writing and Creative Writing Studies.  Awarded the first doctorate in creative writing awarded in Australia, he holds a second doctorate in creative and critical writing from the University of East Anglia

'The interviewees include not only the world famous, they represent many nations and strands of writing. They feel like characters in the plot of a book. I was disappointed when it was over'. - Robert Sheppard, Professor of Poetry and Poetics, Edge Hill University. 'This is a fascinating project, groundbreaking, really, and a great joy to read.' - Stephanie Vanderslice, Associate Professor of Literature, University of Central Arkansas, USA

• IntroductionBeginning Creative WritingCreative Writers and OthersPassions for Creative WritingThat Word 'Creative'The Idea of DraftingOther Creative WritersCreative Work-In-ProgressCreative Writing HabitatsKnowledge: Subjects and ThemesWriting Craft and SkillsReading and Not WritingOther PracticalitiesExploring Creative Writing ExercisesAsking Another Writer a QuestionPast, Present and FutureConclusion: Inside Creative WritingFurther ReadingIndex.

GRAEME HARPER is Director of the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries at Bangor University.  He is Chair of the National Association of Writers in Eduction (NAWE) and Editor of New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing.  He is series editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Appoaches to Writing series and has edited Teaching Creative Writing and Creative Writing Studies.  Awarded the first doctorate in creative writing awarded in Australia, he holds a second doctorate in creative and critical writing from the University of East Anglia

'The interviewees include not only the world famous, they represent many nations and strands of writing. They feel like characters in the plot of a book. I was disappointed when it was over'. - Robert Sheppard, Professor of Poetry and Poetics, Edge Hill University. 'This is a fascinating project, groundbreaking, really, and a great joy to read.' - Stephanie Vanderslice, Associate Professor of Literature, University of Central Arkansas, USA

• IntroductionBeginning Creative WritingCreative Writers and OthersPassions for Creative WritingThat Word 'Creative'The Idea of DraftingOther Creative WritersCreative Work-In-ProgressCreative Writing HabitatsKnowledge: Subjects and ThemesWriting Craft and SkillsReading and Not WritingOther PracticalitiesExploring Creative Writing ExercisesAsking Another Writer a QuestionPast, Present and FutureConclusion: Inside Creative WritingFurther ReadingIndex.

GRAEME HARPER is Director of the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries at Bangor University.  He is Chair of the National Association of Writers in Eduction (NAWE) and Editor of New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing.  He is series editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Appoaches to Writing series and has edited Teaching Creative Writing and Creative Writing Studies.  Awarded the first doctorate in creative writing awarded in Australia, he holds a second doctorate in creative and critical writing from the University of East Anglia

'The interviewees include not only the world famous, they represent many nations and strands of writing. They feel like characters in the plot of a book. I was disappointed when it was over'. - Robert Sheppard, Professor of Poetry and Poetics, Edge Hill University. 'This is a fascinating project, groundbreaking, really, and a great joy to read.' - Stephanie Vanderslice, Associate Professor of Literature, University of Central Arkansas, USA

• IntroductionBeginning Creative WritingCreative Writers and OthersPassions for Creative WritingThat Word 'Creative'The Idea of DraftingOther Creative WritersCreative Work-In-ProgressCreative Writing HabitatsKnowledge: Subjects and ThemesWriting Craft and SkillsReading and Not WritingOther PracticalitiesExploring Creative Writing ExercisesAsking Another Writer a QuestionPast, Present and FutureConclusion: Inside Creative WritingFurther ReadingIndex.