Presents an example of student's bad poetry and suggests ways in which a teacher may encourage a student to develop his or her writing poetry skills. (DF)

Discusses criteria to use when evaluating poetry written by children and contains numerous examples of poetry written by children. (DF).

Describes the way one teacher used Raymond Queneau's "Exercices de style" in a college-level French composition course. The students prepared 15 to 20 assignments, which focused on grammar and syntax, logical development of ideas, changes in perspective, shifts in mood or tonality, and experiments with different literary genres. (SED)

A noted author of Westerns answers questions about how he got started, why he is still writing, what problems he has had in writing, what his needs and problems are as a writer, and where he is going with his writing. (EL)

Relates the story of how Glen Rounds, author and illustrator, came to work at Holiday House Publishing Company. (CRH)

Describes the Abbott Union School and its program for traumatized and neglected adolescents. Reproduces a short novel written by one of the students. (CRH)

This farewell column reviews the form of fiction that dominates children's literature--the short story. Explains why the column's author is giving it up to pursue his own writing. (CRH)

Considers aspects of good masters and doctoral programs in creative writing and suggests ways in which to integrate creative writing with literature programs. (CRH)

Suggests that classroom exploration of the renga, a chain poem developed in eighth-century Japan, can awaken students' sense of the choices and constraints in writing. (MM)

Proposes ways of blending the study of literature and the teaching of writing. Suggests assignments that involve writing or rewriting literature, writing about literature, and writing in response to literature. (MM)

Author reflects on the value to his sixth-form students of a residential creative writing course. (Editor/RK)

Team writing and shared ideas are interpersonal experiences that motivate children to write. (JH)

This anthology collects essays by current and former lecturers at the Warren Wilson College (North Carolina) MFA Program for Writers. Some of the poets whose essays are included are: Joan Aleshire, Marianne Boruch, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dobyns, Reginald Gibbons, Louise Gluck, Allen Grossman, Robert Hass, Tony Hoagland, Heather McHugh, Gregory Orr,…

Based on the idea that no piece of fiction will work without a strong infrastructure, this book explores how writers do what they do. The book uses anecdotes, helpful examples, and imaginative exercises to build a step-by-step approach to the structure of the short story and novel, always keeping in mind beginning and improving writers. Following…