IN THE course of more than forty years of teaching I have often been asked, “When you teach creative writing, what do you teach?” Books dealing with technique have their function, no doubt, in a ...

Creative problem-solving can be an exhilarating experience. You get a triple benefit: the euphoric 'aha' moment of solving a puzzle, the pride of accomplishing a goal, and the deeper self-discovery of ...

O n his first day teaching this fall, Austin Smith drew some stares while walking to his poetry classroom at Stanford University. He carried a poster that read, in ...

Student course reviews have assigned a clear epithet to the classes offered in Princeton’s creative writing department: “easy.” While most comments address the low workload and time commitment, even ...

Despite coming into Princeton as a B.S.E. student, I knew that I wanted to continue the creative writing I had devoted myself to in high school. But due to both the curricular demands of a Princeton B ...

I'm a writer, and to generate words I care about I first write them longhand, with pen and ink on paper. I'm also a teacher of creative writing, and when I tell my students—virtually all of whom write ...

With a creative writing minor, you’ll gain essential writing skills that can be applied to almost any career. By adding a minor in creative writing, you'll hone your skills in writing fiction, poetry, ...

Dream of becoming a writer? Consider adding a creative writing minor to your degree. The creative writing program at the University of Wyoming teaches students how to create original work in ...