scholarly journals Notes on writing from writers of note

Ubiquity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (August) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Philip Yaffe
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Expository Writing ◽  
Creative Writers ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Ugly Duckling

Each "Communication Corner" essay is self-contained; however, they build on each other. For best results, before reading this essay and doing the exercise, go to the first essay "How an Ugly Duckling Became a Swan," then read each succeeding essay. A distinction is often made between creative writing (fiction) and expository writing(non-fiction). However, they are more alike than most people think. Creative writers can learn from expository writers, and vice versa.

What If It Wasn’t Kato Who Raped Diana? Representing the Yearning for Justice in As I Stood Dead Before the World: Creative Writing from Luzira Prison (2018)

Imbizo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danson Sylvester Kahyana
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Innocent People ◽  
Creative Writers ◽  
The World

The article examines how selected works in Uganda’s first anthology of prison-authored work, As I Stood Dead before the World: Creative Writing from Luzira Prison (2018), handle one of the issues of paramount importance to inmates and their families: the possibility that convictions in courts of law are not foolproof since judicial officers are human beings and therefore susceptible to error. Drawing from four examples: two poems (Jackson O’s “Letter to Aber” and Sebuuma Gadafi’s “Twenty-Years”), one short story (Rachael Pearl Orishaba’s “A Secret”), and one short play (Jennifer Janette’s “What If It Wasn’t Kato?”), I show how different inmates imagine situations where judicial officers (prosecutors and magistrates/judges) make errors of judgement that see innocent people convicted of crimes they did not commit. The article closely reads the four selected pieces with the objective of investigating how creative writers can help judicial officers realise how important it is to turn every proverbial stone before a conviction is made.

Rwanda Since 1994

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
East Africa ◽  
The Past ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
Creative Writers ◽  
Political Narratives ◽  
New Directions ◽  
And Gender

Over the past 25 years, Rwanda has undergone remarkable shifts and transitions: culturally, economically, and educationally the country has gone from strength to strength. While much scholarship has understandably been retrospective, seeking to understand, document and commemorate the Genocide against the Tutsi, this volume gathers diverse perspectives on the changing social and cultural fabric of Rwanda since 1994. Rwandan Since 1994 considers the context of these changes, particularly in relation to the ongoing importance of remembering and in wider developments in the Great Lakes and East Africa regions. Equally it explores what stories of change are emerging from Rwanda: creative writing and testimonies, as well as national, regional, and international political narratives. The contributors interrogate which frameworks and narratives might be most useful for understanding different kinds of change, what new directions are emerging, and how Rwanda's trajectory is ongoingly shaped by other global factors. The international set of contributors includes creative writers, practitioners, activists, and scholars from African studies, history, anthropology, education, international relations, modern languages, law and politics. As well as delving into the shifting dynamics of religion and gender in Rwanda today, the book brings to light the experiences of lesser-discussed groups of people such as the Twa and the children of perpetrators.

Talented Young Writers’ Relationships With Writing

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill M. Olthouse
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Authentic Self ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Creative Writers ◽  
Context Dependent

Through a qualitative research design, the author explored how eight talented young creative writers related to their craft. The construct, “relationship with writing,” emerged as the study’s overarching theme; this theme includes students’ influences, goals, values, identity, and emotions as these relate to writing. The findings indicated identity development and the expression of an authentic self were central to students’ relationships with writing. Multiple positive influences led students to view writing as a means to understand and express their identities. Students valued academic writing, but felt creative writing was more congruent with their emotions, goals, and values. Overall, students’ relationships with writing can be described as positive, personal, and context dependent.

scholarly journals In conversation with Catherine Cole

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaydeep Sarangi
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Crime Fiction ◽  
Short Story Collection ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Sea Birds ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Dry Dock

Catherine Cole is currently Professor of Creative Writing in the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. In March 2017, she will take up the position of Professor in Creative Writing at Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool, UK. Catherine has published three novels, Dry Dock (1999) and Skin Deep (2002) and The Grave at Thu Le (2006), two non-fiction books, Private Dicks and Feisty Chicks: An Interrogation of Crime Fiction (1996) and The Poet Who Forgot (2008). She is the editor of the anthology, The Perfume River: Writing from Vietnam (2010) and co-editor with McNeil and Karaminas of Fashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and Television (2009). Her poetry, short stories, essays and reviews have been published in Australia and internationally and produced by BBC Radio 4. In 2017 Catherine’s short story collection, Sea Birds Crying in the Harbour Dark, will be published by UWA Press.

scholarly journals The Continuing Cautionary Tale of Creative Writing ETDs

2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Joseph Thomas ◽  
Cynthia Shirkey
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Cautionary Tale ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Restricted Access ◽  
Individual Basis ◽  
Creative Writers ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
East Carolina University ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) often spark debate regarding restrictions on access and students’ opportunities for later publication. Most other studies have found publishers are in fact willing to work with submissions based on open access ETDs, but these studies have been conducted broadly on scholarly journals across a variety of disciplines rather than focusing specifically on creative writing. Librarians from East Carolina University identified a group of creative writing publishers and surveyed them to determine their attitudes towards manuscript submissions from ETDs, embargoes, and restrictions on access. Survey respondents by and large view open access ETDs as prior publications, although many were still willing to work with authors on an individual basis. The authors discuss the continued importance of offering creative writers options for restricted access and/or embargoes while publishers and creative writers work out the place of ETDs in the publishing chain.

Exploring Discourse and Creativity in Facebook Creative Writing by Non-Native Speakers

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Reima Al-Jarf
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Breaking News ◽  
Special Events ◽  
Creative Writers ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

Facebook and other social media sites have been used by young Arabs for many purposes such as exchanging ideas and information, reporting breaking news, posting special events, launching political campaigns, announcing family gatherings, and sending seasons' greetings. Another emerging type of timeline posts is creative writing in English. Some Arab Facebook users post lines of verse, short anecdotes or points of view, express emotions, personal experiences, and/or inspirational stories or sayings written in literary style. A sample of Facebook creative writing pages/clubs and creative timeline posts was collected and analyzed to find out the forms and themes of creative writing texts. A sample of Facebook Arab creative writers was also surveyed to find out the reasons for their creative writing activities in English. This chapter describes the data collection and analysis procedures and reports results quantitatively and qualitatively. Implications for developing creative writing skills in foreign/second language learners using Facebook and other social media are given.

WAR-INFLUENCED BIOGRAPHY OF TYUMEN MEN OF LETTERS, THE ALUMNI AND FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TYUMEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-180
Author(s):  
Vera P. Litovchenko ◽  
Alyona N. ZHIVOTOVA
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Home Front ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
The Face ◽  
The University ◽  
The Military ◽  
Children Of War

In the face of increasing falsification of the Great Patriotic War facts, the evidence of contemporary witnesses and the objective coverage of those events are becoming increasingly important. In this regard, the creative writing by Russian writers and poets is especially significant, especially first and foremost by those who personally took part in combat during the military operations against the Nazi aggression or worked on the home front. The following article is devoted to writers and poets of Tyumen, namely to the alumni and faculty from the University of Tyumen, on whose fate and creative writing the Great Patriotic War left its deep trails, becoming the major topic of their writing. Their names and biographies were revealed in the course of research in 2015-2020. The authors have collected the students’ and academic staff’s stories about their parts in the war and their meditations, which has substantially supplemented the data about the University’s history during the war and its contribution to the Victory. Using the historical biographical and comparative approaches, the authors have studied war-time biographies of the Tyumen authors, presented little known facts of their frontline and working life, as well as analyzed their reflections in the following literary creative work of the Tyumenians, of which memoirs and non-fiction prose have become the most prolific genres. This article comprises biographical data on eleven war veterans, home front workers, and children of war — writers and poets, closely related to one of the leading university of Tyumen and the Tyumen Region.

scholarly journals Working With a Student Model in a Creative Non-Fiction Workshop: Charging Joint Creativity

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-272
Author(s):  
Carol Lipszyc
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Writing Workshop ◽  
Strategic Knowledge ◽  
Student Model ◽  
Student Writers ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Online Classrooms ◽  
Creative Non Fiction ◽  
Critical Feedback ◽  
Student Writer

In this arts-based inquiry, I examine how a student model creative non-fiction essay develops students in a third-year creative writing workshop as critical readers, editors, and writers. Over the course of two semesters, student writers reciprocally acquire strategic knowledge and enhance their creativity. Plural voices emerge in the dialogue between the model student/writer, her peers, and my curriculum as evidenced in the narrative excerpts composed and revised by the student; in her peers’ critical feedback; and in students’ reflections. Exploring this collaboration, I envision affording more opportunity for student model writers to share their evolving knowledge in both traditional and online classrooms.

Birth Order and Creative Writing

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 617-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Joubert
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Ordinal Position ◽  
Creative Writers ◽  
Large Families

A survey of the biographies of 286 prominent creative writers indicated that those in families with between 2 and 7 offspring were not likely to be found disproportionately in any particular birth ordinal position. However, creative writers from very large families (8+ offspring) were highly likely to be firstborns.

scholarly journals How verbal variety kills comprehension

Ubiquity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (April) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Philip Yaffe
Keyword(s):  
Fiction Writing ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Ugly Duckling ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Over Time

Each "Communication Corner" essay is self-contained; however, they build on each other. For best results, before reading this essay and doing the exercise, go to the first essay "How an Ugly Duckling Became a Swan," then read each succeeding essay. The purpose of expository (non-fiction) writing and speaking is usually to inform or instruct. To do either successfully, you must present your ideas more than once. Otherwise, people who read it or hear it, even if they completely understand it at the moment, over time (often a very short time) will either confuse it or forget it. Presenting information and ideas more than once is not simply a matter of saying the same things the same way two or three times. It is more subtle than that.

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