Creative Writing Books

New and Published Books

1. Dramatic Monologue (Routledge Revivals)

   By Alan Sinfield

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1977, this book looks at the versatile literary form of dramatic monologue. Although it is often associated with Browning and other poets writing between 1830 and 1930, the concept has been employed by diverse poets of multiple periods such as Ovid, Chaucer, Donne, Blake,...

   Published September 26th 2014 by Routledge
2. Philosophy as a Literary Art

   Making Things Up

   Edited by Costica Bradatan

   Despite philosophers’ growing interest in the relation between philosophy and literature in general, over the last few decades comparatively few studies have been published dealing more narrowly with the literary aspects of philosophical texts. The relationship between philosophy and literature is...

   Published September 18th 2014 by Routledge
3. Digital Storytelling, Applied Theatre, & Youth

   Performing Possibility

   By Megan Alrutz

   Digital Storytelling, Applied Theatre, & Youth argues that theatre artists must re-imagine how and why they facilitate performance practices with young people. Rapid globalization and advances in media and technology continue to change the ways that people engage with and understand the world...

   Published August 21st 2014 by Routledge
4. Film Genre for the Screenwriter

   By Jule Selbo

   Film Genre for the Screenwriter is a practical study of how classic film genre components can be used in the construction of a screenplay. Based on Jule Selbo’s popular course, this accessible guide includes an examination of the historical origins of specific film genres, how and why these genres...

   Published August 5th 2014 by Routledge
5. The Mobile Story

   Narrative Practices with Locative Technologies

   Edited by Jason Farman

   What happens when stories meet mobile media? In this cutting-edge collection, contributors explore digital storytelling in ways that look beyond the desktop to consider how stories can be told through mobile, locative, and pervasive technologies. This book offers dynamic insights about the new...

   Published May 23rd 2014 by Routledge
6. The Observing Self (Routledge Revivals)

   Rediscovering the Essay

   By Graham Good

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1988, this title is a study of the essay as a literary genre, not just in terms of its general intellectual and literary history, but as an exploration of the creative possibilities of the form. The rise of the essay is discussed in relation to the rise of the novel and the...

   Published March 19th 2014 by Routledge
7. Signs of Writing

   By Professor Roy Harris, Roy Harris

   In Signs of Writing Roy Harris re-examines basic questions about writing that have long been obscured by the traditional assumption that writing is merely a visual substitute for speech.By treating writing as an independent mode of communication, based on the use of spatial relations to connect...

   Published February 18th 2014 by Routledge
8. Stylistics

   A Resource Book for Students, 2nd Edition

   By Paul Simpson

   Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

   Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections –...

   Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge
9. Dramatic Story Structure

   A Primer for Screenwriters

   By Edward J. Fink

   A successful screenplay starts with an understanding of the fundamentals of dramatic story structure. In this practical introduction, Edward J. Fink condenses centuries of writing about dramatic theory into ten concise and readable chapters, providing the tools for building an engaging narrative...

   Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
10. Digital Storytelling

    Capturing Lives, Creating Community

    By Joe Lambert

    Series: Digital Imaging and Computer Vision

    Listen deeply. Tell stories. This is the mantra of the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in Berkeley California, which, since 1998 has worked with nearly 1,000 organizations around the world and trained more than 15,000 people in the art of digital storytelling. In this revised...

    Published December 7th 2012 by Routledge