Drawing on socio-cultural theory, this paper focuses on children's classroom-based collaborative creative writing. The central aim of the reported research was to contribute to our understanding of young children's creativity, and describe ways in which peer collaboration can resource, stimulate and enhance classroom-based creative writing…

Examines the relationship between editors and writers and cites traits of a good editor, such as knowing language and knowing people and not giving writers more suggestions in one sitting than they can handle. (DF)

Describes techniques used in a 9-week unit in creative writing for elementary school children. Emphasizes the importance of learning that thinking, reading, and writing are facets of the same processes. Lists readings and books to read aloud and imitate. (DMM)

Reports on what one writer went through to produce a short story. Notes the patience and perseverance that writers must have in order to create their works. (RL)

Explores the creative process in writing "close to the bone" by examining the origin and development of stories in Eric Carle's book Flora and Tiger. Discusses the use of autobiography, voice, detail, subconscious, and the roles of freedom and discipline in storytelling. Includes a selected bibliography of Eric Carle's picture books.…

Offers a presentation of creative nonfiction addressing the author's personal family experiences. Addresses ethical issues involved in creative nonfiction. Describes how she decided to narrate her history and contemplates in depth the artistic choices she made. (SG)

Considers what poets themselves have to say about poetry. Discusses how they write poems, why they write poems, and what poetry is good for. (RS)

Describes the process of writing a screenplay from the book "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and the collaboration involved in working with the directors for the production. Talks about the creative process of enlarging the scope but leaving the story intact. (MG)

Presents an interview with Carolyn See, author of "The Rest Is Done with Mirrors,""Rhine Maidens,""Mothers, Daughters," and "Golden Days," among other novels. Shows how See is able to get inside the souls of her characters even as she maintains an analytical perspective. (TB)

Explores practical and theoretical benefits of electronic mail in a creative writing program. Practical benefits include creation of alternative writing space, scheduling convenience, and savings on copies. Theoretical benefits include egalitarian communication, blending of formal and informal discourse, increase in student engagement,…

Present excerpts of a fairy tale for adults entitled "The Secret of the Seventh Tower," indicating the presence of the neurolinguistic systems of representation used in its creation during the process of automatism (automatic writing). Notes that the model can facilitate the resolution of writer's block and enhance creative writing in…

Describes the response of a writing group to the author's conventional and scholarly writing. Discusses how the tenured author purposively changed her writing style from traditional academic discourse to experimental critical writing. Concludes that, when writers want to be read, they have to take more chances than standard scholarly style allows.…

Presents an interview with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, a prolific author of books for children, young adults, and adults. Her writing process, how reading influences her writing, and ideas for settings and characters are some of the topics covered. A selected list of 32 of her books is included. (EAM)

Describes how Carolyn Meyer, popular author of adolescent fiction, goes about the business of writing. Shows how important research skills are for the writer of not only nonfiction but fiction as well. Discusses the origins in factual data of several of Meyer's novels. (HB)

Describes how to use students' journal writing as the basis for their own short stories. Includes developing story subjects by brainstorming and questioning, the basic elements of writing, the final product, and examples. (LRW)