A groundbreaking resource for Fiction writers, teachers, and students, this manifesto and practical guide challenges current models of Craft and the Writing workshop by showing how they fail marginalized writers, and how cultural expectations inform storytelling.
How can we rethink craft, and the teaching of it, to better reach writers with diverse backgrounds? How can we invite diverse storytelling traditions into.
He upends Western notions of how a story must progress.
In this bold and original examination of elements of writing--including plot, character, conflict, structure, and believability--and aspects of workshop--including the silenced writer and the imagined reader-- Matthew Salesses asks questions to invigorate these familiar concepts.
The traditional Writing workshop was established with white male writers in mind; what we call Craft is informed by their cultural values.
An insightful guide for readers, writers, and instructors from all walks of life, this manifesto and practical guide challenges current models of Craft and the Writing workshop by showing how they fail marginalized writers, and how cultural expectations inform storytelling (Kirkus Reviews).
After all, as he reminds us, When we write fiction, we write the world.
Salesses shows that we need to interrogate the lack of diversity at the core of published fiction: how we teach and write it.
In the pages of exercises included here, teachers will find suggestions for building syllabi, grading, and introducing new methods to the classroom; students will find revision and editing guidance, as well as a new lens for reading their work.
Le Guin\'s A Wizard of Earthsea, and the Asian American classic No-No Boy, Salesses asks us to reimagine Craft and the workshop.
How can we rethink craft, and the teaching of it, to better reach writers with diverse backgrounds? How can we invite diverse storytelling traditions into literary spaces? Drawing from examples including One Thousand and One Nights, Curious George, Ursula K.
He upends Western notions of how a story must progress.
In this bold and original examination of elements of writing--including plot, character, conflict, structure, and believability--and aspects of workshop--including the silenced writer and the imagined reader-- Matthew Salesses asks questions to invigorate these familiar concepts.
The traditional Writing workshop was established with white male writers in mind; what we call Craft is informed by their cultural values.
A groundbreaking resource for Fiction writers, teachers, and students, this manifesto and practical guide challenges current models of Craft and the Writing workshop by showing how they fail marginalized writers, and how cultural expectations inform storytelling
