A Teacher'S Guide to Writing

by Gary Langford

Overview

A Teacher's Guide to Writing is a textbook to help writers at all levels, predominantly through all the exercises, to reflect this in the different areas of interest and ability from school to tertiary students and community groups and from the young to the old; however, this is classified. There are around two hundred creative writing exercises to help in what Gary calls word fitness along with reflective notes on major writing areas, like poetry and fiction, along with the performing area, building up to what it takes for a writer to get published. This textbook reflects the major achievements of the author as a teacher-writer from founding major areas and degrees to being asked to give guest appearances whether as a teacher, writer, or both. What sets this textbook apart from others on the same subject is primarily the authors background reflected both in the notes and all the exercises for people to try to develop the what, who, and how of their own work in the field of creative writing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524516222
Publisher:	Xlibris AU
Publication date:	08/19/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	138
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Gary Langford is the author of thirty-four books, including three textbooks, reflecting his talent as a teacher-writer. Others are ten novels, such as Vanities and Pillbox (Macmillan), Newlands (Penguin, reprinted by Xlibris, 2016), and Sohrab (Amazon Kindle); fourteen books of poetry with The Sonnets of Gary Langford (Xlibris, 2016) as his apt fourteenth collection; and four collections of his short stories, culminating in Lunch at the Storyteller’s Restaurant (Hazard, reprinted by Xlibris, 2016). He has also written five musicals, stage plays, and media scripts that have all been produced on the stage, radio, and TV. He was the founder and coordinator of Creative Writing at a Sydney university from a BA major to doctoral levels. A Teacher’s Guide to Writing grew from some of the creative writing subjects he founded and ran—including Writing Workshop, Writing Poetry, Writing Fiction, and Getting Published—that saw many of his students being published in literary magazines, anthologies, and their own books as writers. Some of the writing exercises are traditional, and others he originated and used in workshops that he ran. Writing quotes are his. There are more than two hundred exercises here, so there will be something for you to use in this practical and witty textbook from a gifted teacher-writer. Writing can help the blind to see and the deaf to hear.