writing fiction creative and critical approaches

We’re fighting to restore access to 500,000+ books in court this week. Join us!

Internet Archive Audio

• This Just In
• Grateful Dead
• Old Time Radio
• 78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings
• Audio Books & Poetry
• Computers, Technology and Science
• Music, Arts & Culture
• News & Public Affairs
• Spirituality & Religion
• Radio News Archive

• Flickr Commons
• Occupy Wall Street Flickr
• NASA Images
• Solar System Collection
• Ames Research Center

• All Software
• Old School Emulation
• MS-DOS Games
• Historical Software
• Classic PC Games
• Software Library
• Kodi Archive and Support File
• Vintage Software
• CD-ROM Software
• CD-ROM Software Library
• Software Sites
• Tucows Software Library
• Shareware CD-ROMs
• Software Capsules Compilation
• CD-ROM Images
• ZX Spectrum
• DOOM Level CD

• Smithsonian Libraries
• FEDLINK (US)
• Lincoln Collection
• American Libraries
• Canadian Libraries
• Universal Library
• Project Gutenberg
• Children's Library
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Books by Language
• Additional Collections

• Prelinger Archives
• Democracy Now!
• Occupy Wall Street
• TV NSA Clip Library
• Animation & Cartoons
• Arts & Music
• Computers & Technology
• Cultural & Academic Films
• Ephemeral Films
• Sports Videos
• Videogame Videos
• Youth Media

Search the history of over 866 billion web pages on the Internet.

Mobile Apps

• Wayback Machine (iOS)
• Wayback Machine (Android)

Browser Extensions

Archive-it subscription.

• Explore the Collections
• Build Collections

Save Page Now

Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future.

Please enter a valid web address

• Donate Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape

Writing fiction : creative and critical approaches

Bookreader item preview, share or embed this item, flag this item for.

• Graphic Violence
• Explicit Sexual Content
• Hate Speech
• Misinformation/Disinformation
• Marketing/Phishing/Advertising
• Misleading/Inaccurate/Missing Metadata

plus-circle Add Review comment Reviews

2 Favorites

DOWNLOAD OPTIONS

No suitable files to display here.

IN COLLECTIONS

Uploaded by station54.cebu on July 17, 2023

Select your cookie preferences

We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie notice . We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements.

If you agree, we'll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie notice . Your choice applies to using first-party and third-party advertising cookies on this service. Cookies store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Click "Decline" to reject, or "Customise" to make more detailed advertising choices, or learn more. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences , as described in the Cookie notice. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy notice .

• Poetry, Drama & Criticism
• History & Criticism

Sorry, there was a problem.

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet or computer – no Kindle device required .

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

Image Unavailable

• To view this video download Flash Player

Follow the author

Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches: 6 (Approaches to Writing) Hardcover – 27 April 2007

• ISBN-10 1403988102
• ISBN-13 978-1403988102
• Edition 2007th
• Publisher Red Globe Press
• Publication date 27 April 2007
• Part of series Approaches to Writing
• Language English
• Dimensions 13.97 x 1.43 x 21.59 cm
• Print length 224 pages
• See all details

Products related to this item

Product description

About the author, product details.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Red Globe Press; 2007th edition (27 April 2007)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1403988102
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1403988102
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.43 x 21.59 cm
• 109,274 in Languages
• 158,197 in Poetry & Drama Criticism

About the author

Amanda boulter.

Amanda Boulter is following her dream to become a full time writer. After nearly 25 years of teaching English and Creative Writing at the University of Winchester (big wave to all the lovely students and staff from those years), she is saying goodbye to nine o'clock lectures and hello to making up stories in the bath. So she has given up her job, sold her house, packed her two sons off to University and is now going her own way in a little house in the wilds of North Devon, England. She spends her days writing stories, growing vegetables and cycling up and down the Tarka Trail to have working picnics on the beach.

She is working with the prize-winning illustrator Leo Hartas to create a new series of children's books about a Viking boy called Little Moose and his dog Wolfie, telling the story of their lives growing up in a fantasy-historical world. From cute toddler tales to epic adventures, young readers can grow up with these new story-time friends as the series takes them from Toddler Books and Picture Books to Early Readers and Developing Readers, Chapter Books and finally YA Novels. There's a big journey ahead for Little Moose and Wolfie - and a big adventure for Amanda (and Leo) too. It's going to be fun!

Customer reviews

Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings, help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness.

• Sort reviews by Top reviews Most recent Top reviews

Top reviews from United Kingdom

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. please try again later..

• UK Modern Slavery Statement
• Amazon Science
• Sell on Amazon
• Sell on Amazon Business
• Sell on Amazon Handmade
• Associates Programme
• Fulfilment by Amazon
• Seller Fulfilled Prime
• Advertise Your Products
• Independently Publish with Us
• Host an Amazon Hub
• › See More Make Money with Us
• Amazon Platinum Mastercard
• Amazon Classic Mastercard
• Amazon Money Store
• Amazon Currency Converter
• Payment Methods Help
• Shop with Points
• Top Up Your Account
• Top Up Your Account in Store
• COVID-19 and Amazon
• Track Packages or View Orders
• Delivery Rates & Policies
• Returns & Replacements
• Manage Your Content and Devices
• Amazon Mobile App
• Customer Service
• Accessibility

• Conditions of Use & Sale
• Privacy Notice
• Cookies Notice
• Interest-Based Ads Notice

• Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Sorry, there was a problem.

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet or computer— no Kindle device required .

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera, scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

Image Unavailable

• To view this video download Flash Player

Writing Speculative Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches: 5 Hardcover – 6 May 2019

In this engaging and accessible guide, Eugen Bacon explores writing speculative fiction as a creative practice, drawing from her own work, and the work of other writers and theorists, to interrogate its various subgenres. Through analysis of writers such as Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien and J. K. Rowling, this book scrutinises the characteristics of speculative fiction, considers the potential of writing cross genre and covers the challenges of targeting young adults. It connects critical and cultural theories to the practice of creative writing, examining how they might apply to the process of writing speculative fiction. Both practical and critical in its evaluative gaze, it also looks at e-publishing as a promising publishing medium for speculative fiction. This is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of creative writing, looking to develop a critical awareness of, and practical skills for, the writing of speculative fiction. It is also a valuable resource for creators, commentators and consumers of contemporary speculative fiction. Chapter 8, 'Horror and the Paranormal' was shortlisted for the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA)'s 2019 Australian Shadows Awards.

• Part of series Approaches to Writing
• Print length 196 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date 6 May 2019
• Dimensions 13.97 x 1.27 x 21.59 cm
• ISBN-10 1352006162
• ISBN-13 978-1352006162
• See all details

Product description

As a book it is quite comfortable setting the writing of speculative fiction within the broader approaches to writing and linking those back to the giants of speculative writing over the last half-century or more. It is a concise and well-structured book that gently leads readers through the basics, while at every stage addressing its topic with appropriate examples, and exercises. – Shane Strange, University of Canberra, Australia

This is an exciting book from a writer who knows how to enliven her prose with ideas, analysis, anecdotes and stunning quotations from her deep and wide reading. The compelling beauty of this book is the way it moves between ideas and stories, between analysis and narrative. – Kevin Brophy, University of Melbourne, Australia

The insights are often provocative and always useful. It sensibly focuses on how a writer can approach the idea of speculative fiction, and then brings in a critical perspective. – George Green, Lancaster University, UK

Indispensable, rich and enabling: no writer of speculative fiction should be without this book. Obligatory reading for students of creative writing. Working from examples and providing easy-to-use analytical tools, Writing Speculative Fiction provides essential reading for anyone involved in the creation or consumption of speculative fiction in its many guises… This is a generous offering, relaying well-researched advice leavened with encouragement and a gentle, wry humour. – Dr Clare E Rhoden, author of The Pale and Broad Plain Darkening

As boundaries between genres increasingly break down, editors and educators need to put aside genre cringe and assumptions of genre limitations. Writing Speculative Fiction comes as a timely and valuable addition to the bookshelves of students, writers and educators alike. Writing Speculative Fiction is a valuable addition to writers at any stage of development. Bacon delivers practical information, stimulating exercises and thought-provoking analyses with enthusiasm and authority. – Melissa Ferguson, scientist and author of The Shining Wall

Eugen Bacon’s book offers a paradox that is extraordinarily liberating. On the one hand it provides carefully researched, nuanced distinctions between fantasy, science fiction, horror and paranormal genres and their sub-genres to include fairy tales, dark fantasy, myths and legends, and magical realism, for example. On the other it embraces speculative fiction as an umbrella for bending traditional genre fiction, crossing into hybrids, or cross-genre forms rich with playful text that is also literary. – Louisa John-Krol, Australian Fairy Review

Writing Speculative Fiction is Eugen Bacon’s new and exciting non-fiction stroke of genius. The book explores creative and critical approaches to writing speculative fiction. But, regardless of your preferred genre, if you’re an aspiring writer of any style this impressive guide is for you! – Angela Wauchope, Other Terrain Journal, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

Eugen Bacon weaves together extracts from a variety of creative texts, commentary about storytelling, and anecdotes from her experiences as a teacher of creative writing to build a palatable, engaging, and endlessly useful guidebook. – Rebecca Langham, Celestial Book Reviews

Writing Speculative Fiction is permeated by an upbeat and playful tone that is entertaining and motivating. It is an informative and enjoyable read that will serve as a valuable resource for creative writing students and their teachers, and indeed anyone interested in the mechanics of writing and publishing dynamic and engaging speculative fiction. The book is packed with helpful advice for writers of any genre – covering diverse topics such as form, characterisation, voice, plotting, poetic expression, research, establishing a writing practice with discipline, and discerning reputable online publishing markets. – Dr Bronwyn Lovell, TEXT Journal

Writing Speculative Fiction is a resource worth revisiting again and again. It is a book designed for notetaking, highlighting, and dog-earing pages - the perfect companion for any writer of speculative fiction – Glam Adelaide

About the Author

Product details.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Academic; 1st ed. 2019 edition (6 May 2019)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1352006162
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1352006162
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.27 x 21.59 cm

Customer reviews

Review this product

• Sort reviews by Top reviews Most recent Top reviews

Top reviews from Australia

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. please try again later..

Top reviews from other countries

• Corporate information
• Press Releases
• Amazon Science
• Protect and build your brand
• Independently Publish with Us
• Sell on Amazon
• Fulfilment by Amazon
• Drive with Amazon Flex
• Advertise Your Products
• Associates Programme
• Host an Amazon Hub
• COVID-19 and Amazon
• Your Account
• Your Orders
• Delivery Rates & Policies
• Returns & Replacements
• Manage Your Content and Devices
• Recalls and Product Safety Alerts
• Conditions of Use & Sale
• Privacy Notice
• Cookies & Internet Advertising

You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience and security.

ISBN: 1403988110

ISBN13: 9781403988119

Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches

Select Format

Select condition, recommended.

Format: Paperback

Condition: New

Book Overview

Exploring writing as a practice, Boulter draws from the work of writers and theorists to show how cultural and literary debates can help writers enhance their own fiction. Negotiating the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Related Subjects

Customer Reviews

Popular categories.

• Teen and Young Adult
• Literature & Fiction
• Mystery & Thriller
• Sci-fi & Fantasy
• Large Print Books
• Rare & Collectible Books
• ShareBookLove
• Educator Benefits
• Librarian Benefits
• e-Gift Cards
• View Mobile Site
• Shopping Cart
• Order History

Partnerships

• Library Program
• Help & Support
• Shipping Costs
• Return Policy
• Website Suggestions
• Our Purpose
• Social Responsibility
• Testimonials

Items related to Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches (Approache...

Writing fiction: creative and critical approaches (approaches to writing, 1) - softcover, boulter, amanda.

• 4.03 37 ratings by Goodreads

• About this title
• About this edition

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

• Publisher Red Globe Press
• Publication date 2007
• ISBN 10  1403988110
• ISBN 13  9781403988119
• Binding Paperback
• Number of pages 224

Convert currency

Shipping: FREE Within U.S.A.

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 2.64 Within U.S.A.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

Featured edition.

ISBN 10:  1403988102 ISBN 13:  9781403988102 Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2007 Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Writing fiction : creative and critical approaches.

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 4882350-n

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Writing Fiction Creative and Critical Approaches Approaches to Writing

Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9781403988119

Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches (Approaches to Writing, 1)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Mar2411530151359

Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches

Book Description Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Seller Inventory # ria9781403988119_lsuk

Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Exploring writing as a practice, Boulter draws from the work of writers and theorists to show how cultural and literary debates can help writers enhance their own fiction. Negotiating the creative-critical crossover, this is an approachable book that helps students develop practical writing skills and a critical awareness of creative possibilities. Seller Inventory # DADAX1403988110

Book Description PF. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6666-IUK-9781403988119

Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches (Approaches to Writing) by Boulter, Amanda [Paperback ]

Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781403988119

Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Seller Inventory # C9781403988119

Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 0.62. Seller Inventory # bk1403988110xvz189zvxnew

There are 11 more copies of this book

• The Open University
• Accessibility hub
• Guest user / Sign out
• Study with The Open University

My OpenLearn Profile

Personalise your OpenLearn profile, save your favourite content and get recognition for your learning

Creative writing and critical reading

Course description

Course content, course reviews.

This free course, Creative writing and critical reading , explores the importance of reading as part of a creative writer’s development at the postgraduate level. You will gain inspiration and ideas from examining other writers’ methods, as well as enhancing your critical reading skills. Examples will cover the genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and scriptwriting.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• understand the importance of reading as part of a creative writer's development
• engage analytically and critically with a range of literary and media texts
• recognise how critical reading supplies writers with inspiration and ideas
• understand through writing practice one or more of the taught genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and scriptwriting
• engage with postgraduate modes of reading and writing practice.

First Published: 04/03/2019

Updated: 05/09/2019

Rate and Review

Rate this course, review this course.

Log into OpenLearn to leave reviews and join in the conversation.

Create an account to get more

Track your progress.

Review and track your learning through your OpenLearn Profile.

Statement of Participation

On completion of a course you will earn a Statement of Participation.

Access all course activities

Take course quizzes and access all learning.

Review the course

When you have finished a course leave a review and tell others what you think.

For further information, take a look at our frequently asked questions which may give you the support you need.

About this free course

Become an ou student, download this course, share this free course.

• E-mail the Help Desk
• User's Guide for H-Announce

Internationale DFG-Tagung: Writing a British Childhood in a Global Context? Critical Perspectives on Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton is one of the world’s most well-known and prolific authors of children’s literature. Her book series have entertained children across the globe and across generations for almost a century. The conference Writing a British Childhood in a Global Context? Critical Perspectives on Enid Blyton focuses on her work and its international reception. It takes place at the University of Potsdam on 25. - 27. September 2024 and is organised by Dr. Aileen Behrendt (University of Potsdam), Dr. Stefanie Jakobi, and Dr. Hadassah Stichnothe (University of Bremen). Funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). 

The conference will link the international, critical approaches of individual researchers to address the complex questions of representation strategies and intersectional identity constructions in Blyton's work, which also encompass cultural translation processes and the constructions of alterity. At the same time, the establishment of the "Blyton Brand" in the action and production system of literature will be investigated, as Enid Blyton is one of the most popular authors of children's and young adult literature. Her work is present in numerous translations, adaptations, and sequels in different languages worldwide.

Registration for the conference is now open:

To register for the conference, please click here .

Keynote speakers

• Emer O'Sullivan (Leuphana University Lüneburg) 
• Kimberley Reynolds (Professor Emerita Newcastle University)
• Young Researcher Keynote: Siobhán Morrissey (University of Galway)  

Conference programme

• 13:00 Arrival, Registration, and Coffee  
• 13:30 Conference Welcome
• 14:00 Keynote: Prof. Dr. Emer O’Sullivan: Blyton’s Island(s)
• Prof. Dr. Rose-May Pham Dinh: The Englishness of Blyton’s school stories: a long-lasting puzzle for French readers?
• Sofia Skeva: “Only toys are allowed to stay in Toy Village”: Thinking the Nation and (Dis)Locating Postwar Englishness in Enid Blyton’s Noddy Goes to Toyland (1949)
• 16:30 Coffee Break
• Prof. Dr. Rainer Emig: Ideological Desire in Enid Blyton
• Dr. Deepti Ruth Azaria : Writing the caravan adventure: Examining traveller culture and holiday experience in the carnivalesque spaces of Blyton’s fiction
• 18:15 Break
• 19:00 Conference Dinner 
• 09:00 Keynote: Prof. Dr. Kimberley Reynolds: "The house was crazy with the sound of Blyton": managing crises with Blyton’s Adventure books
• 10:00 Coffee Break
• Judith Simon: Childhoodnature in Enid Blyton’s The Faraway Tree Series and Ben Okri’s Every Leaf a Hallelujah
• Abiral Kumar: Imported Mysteries and Abandoned Childhood: Reading Enid Blyton and Ruskin Bond in postcolonial children’s fiction.  
• 11:45 Coffee Break
• Dr. Hadassah Stichnothe: Clothing, Class, and the Body in Enid Blyton's Fiction
• Dr. Athira Mohan: Food and the Female: A Reading of Selected Blytonian Narratives
• 13:30 Lunch Break
• Stefanie Holanik: The role of sports in Enid Blyton’s St. Clare’s series: The disciplined body, physical desires, and power dynamics
• Benita Berthman: The Twins at Lindenhof? Radio Plays as a Transnational and Transmedial Adaptation of Enid Blyton
• Prof. Dr. Lena Hoffmann: Famous, infamous, ignored: Enid Blyton as an invisible star author 
• Dr. Stefanie Jakobi: Blyton is Wilson is Caspari – The Re-Writes and Sequels and their influence on the Blyton brand
• 17:30 Student Exhibition 
• 18:30 Break
• Chair: Dr. Aileen Behrendt
• 10:00 Young Researcher Keynote: Dr. Siobhán Morrissey: The Failure of a Colour-Blind Approach to Remove the Racism from Enid Blyton’s Fiction
• Prof. Dr. Marina Balina: Reading Early Russian Children's Detectives through Enid Blyton's Literary Matrix
• Prof. Dr. Larissa Rudova: The Rise of the Detective Genre in Post-Soviet Children’s Literature: Enid Blyton and Middle-Class Values
• 11:15 Coffee Break
• Dr. Ada Bieber: Ambivalent Girlhood in German Film Adaptations of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five and St. Clare’s
• Dr. Mateusz Świetlicki: Enid Blyton and the Changing Polish Canon of Children’s Literature
• 13:00 Conference Closing and Famous Five Picknick 
• 14:00 Departure

Conference Venue

Universität Potsdam Neues Palais Haus 8 Audimax and Room 0.59

Organisation team

Dr Aileen Behrendt is a researcher and lecturer of British Literary and Cultural Studies and a coordinator of the DGF research training group ‘minor cosmopolitanisms’ at the University of Potsdam. She is currently working on a book about the politics of kindness in TV comedies.

Dr Stefanie Jakobi  is a lecturer at the Department for Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the University of Bremen. Her publications and research focus on transmedia phenomena in children's and youth media, gender, experiences of alterity, and intersectional issues.

Dr. Hadassah Stichnothe is a researcher and lecturer on children's and YA literature currently teaching at the University of Bremen. Her research focuses on adolescence and gender constructions as well as on Jewish children's literature and translatory aspects of children's literature.