Creating Writers: A Creative Writing Manual for Schools [Paperback]

This unique and comprehensive text offers an original approach to teaching creative writing by exploring ideas, giving advice, and explaining workshop activities and has many contributors from some of today's most popular children's authors including: Jacqueline Wilson, Roger McGough, Philip Pullman, Malorie Blackman and David Almond.
Creating Writers is a practical writing manual for teachers to use with upper primary and lower secondary level pupils that covers poetry, fiction and non-fiction.This offers a fresh, unique approach to teaching creative writing. It contains models of writing from popular children's authors Jaqueline Wilson Philip Pullman, David Almond and Roger McGough. Includes photocopiable resources for teachers.Acknowledgements, Introduction: where do ideas come from?, 1. Write from the start: ways to approach creative writing and writing workshops, 2. Poetry, 3. Fiction, 4. Non-fiction, Appendix'This is a real labour of love and has that exciting richness which all the best books in this field have - it tantalises, inviting and exciting the reader. I love the blend of practical teaching ideas with the writers' views. There is so much here that will be found useful by teachers.' - Pie Corbett

'It seems extraordinary that something like it didn't exist before...my bet is that it will become an essential tool for teachers...I only wish there had been something like it when I was visiting schools.' - Helen Cresswell

'This will make a splendid resource: comprehensive, practical and thorough. I can see it being useful, not just to teachers in schools but to anyone involved in creative writing at any level. I think that using 'real writers' makes the book not just interesting in itself but also gives it an authentic feel and practical appeal. Letting the writers themselves sló.