Informed by market needs and suggestions from our users, the new edition includes the following new features:

• In-depth instruction on close reading. An entire chapter is devoted to using literature in the creative writing classroom. Chapter 2: Creative Reading empowers students to read closely, to apprehend more difficult texts with less fear and more confidence, and, above all, asks them to read like writers, with an eye toward learning specific skills that will be useful to them in their own writing.


• New focus on short forms. For instructors pressed for time or for those wanting to meet student demand for flash fiction and micro memoir forms, there is a sequence of flash/micro readings and assignments, as well as expanded coverage of these agile, portable forms, which can be taught in a single class period. 


• Expanded presentation of the genres. Part Three: Genres now offers even more types of genres, with coverage of new forms including lists and monologues.


• Detailed discussion of the revision process. Chapter Nine: Revision, now includes two new case studies of student writers revising their work so students are able to see a model revision process, step-by-step.  Additional examples and revision narratives are also available in the Instructor’s Manual.


• Instructor support in an updated Instructor’s Manual. The new Instructor’s Manual includes lesson plans and detailed sample syllabi, as well as specific instruction on using The Practice of Creative Writing to teach a genre-based course. Additional resources, writing prompts, alternative reading suggestions, and revision strategies are included as well.