54 chapters cover the three central pillars of writing creatively: theories of creativity, the craft of writing and creative writing as a business. With contributions from over 50 experts – poets, novelists, dramatists, publishers, editors, tutors, critics and scholars – from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia, this is the essential guide to writing, and getting published, in the English-speaking world. 

New for this edition: Chapters: on ‘indie publishing’, ‘social media’, ‘flash fiction’, ‘song lyrics and poetry’, ‘creative critical hybrids’, ‘collaboration in the theatre’, Inclusion of additional genres and activities; Chapters updated to reflect changes in teaching, copyright & earning a living as a writer; Updated Glossary of Terms.