Mooring Against the Tide: Writing Fiction and Poetry [Paperback]

For beginning and intermediate creative writing courses (General/Fiction/Poetry) that use a workshop approach.

 

Message:  This workshop-based textbook offers a hands-on, interactive approach to writing fiction and poetry.

 

Presenting the fundamental elements of both genres, the text illustrates the creative writing process and guides the students through several drafts of various student sample writings as if they were participating in an actual workshop. Clearly written and organized, it also includes student samples, class-tested exercises, and an easy-to-use guide to the workshop process.

Added a more robust anthology of selections from professional writers to complement their writing workshop. Of both fiction and poetry along with short essays on how to read a story and how to read a poem.

~Directs students to these readings as examples of what was discussed in the chapter, providing useful review and reinforcement. Ex. p128-149; p305-383

Two new essaysNow replace two guest essays. Ex. Laying Bare the Bones:  A Meditation on Imagery by Lisa Chavez (p13); Touching the Elephant by Melissa Pritchard (p169)