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Creative Writing
What is Creative Writing? Related Career Titles
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Career Planning Links Professional Association Links
Miscellaneous Resources Links Dept of Creative Writing : http://www.uncw.edu/writers/
   

What is Creative Writing?

"Like a child at play, the creative writer expends his emotion (libido energy) into a world of make-believe. In serious fantasy he fulfills his wishes without embarrassment, allowing his reader to do the same."  Sigmund Freud

The creative process involves the student in decision making about content, genre, form, structure, language, theme, craft, and imagery. The end result is the creation of something new that has its own meaning.  The point at which various decisions are made will be different for each student and, possibly, for each project.  The process, then, is an organic process, and one that is unique to individual artists and students. It describes the complex interaction between the student and the work-in-progress.

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Related Career Titles

Arranger Creative Director Orchestrator
Associate Media Director Critic Patient Relations Specialist
Author Crossword Puzzle Maker Playwright
Biographer Editor Poet
Book Reviewer Editorial Writer Program Proposals Coordinator
Broadcast Supervisor Electronic Publishing Project Supervisor
Columnist Fact Checker Proofreader
Commentator Fundraiser Public Relations
Composer Humorist Publications Specialist
Continuity Writer Librettist Publicity Assistant
Copy Editor Lobbyist Publicity Director
Copywriter Lyricist Reporter
Sales Service Promoter Medical Writer Researcher
Science Writer Spokesperson Teacher
Screen Printing Inspector Staff Writer Technical Writer
Screenplay Writer Story Editor Trainer
Speech Writer Supervisor, Properties Volunteer Coordinator

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Related Major Skills

Highly imaginative Self-disciplined Able to work with deadlines
Persistent Self-motivated Observant
Organized Open to criticism Strong communication
Individually expressive Proficient in editing Proficient in close reading
Proficient in Interpretive Reading Proficient in Critiquing Proficient in Research
Proficient in Grammar Proficient in Word    Processing Proficient in fiction, non-fiction & poetry writing

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Job & Internship Search Sites

The Write Jobs www.writerswrite.com/jobs

Writing World http://www.writing-world.com

MonsterTRAK http://www.monstertrak.com

Writers Write http://www.writerswrite.com

WritingClasses.com http://www.writingclasses.com

Creative Writing - Universal Class http://home.universalclass.com/arts/creativewriting/jobs/viewjobs.htm

 

Career Planning Links

Creative Writing Jobs and Salary Information http://www.resumegenie.com/jobs.asp?job=Creative%20Writing

Occupational Outlook Handbook http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm

About.com: publishing resources http://publishing.about.com/arts/publishing/?once=true&

 

Professional Associations Links

Association of American Publishers www.publishers.org

Association of Authors and Publishers www.authorsandpublishers.org

Association of Directory of Publishers www.adp.org

Associated Writing Programs: Services for writers and teachers http://awpwriter.org

North Carolina Writers' Network http://www.ncwriters.org

Southeastern Writers Association http://www.southeasternwriters.com

Sherwood Anderson Foundation http://www.urich.edu/~journalm/sahome.html

Modern Language Association http://www.mla.org/

 

Miscellaneous Resources

UNCW Post-Graduate Survey - coming soon

Artist resource http://www.artistresource.org/

City and Regional Magazine Publishers www.citymag.org

Educational Paperback Association www.edupaperback.org

International Publishers Association www.ipa-uie.org

Magazine Publishers of America www.magazine.org

National Newspaper Publishing Association www.nnpa.org

National Writers Union www.nwu.org/nwuhome.htm

Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network www.spawn.org

Small Publishers Association of North America http://spannet.org

Book Binders West: Industry Resources www.bookbuilders.org/Res-electronic.html

Directory of Publishers and Vendors www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/pubr.html

Editors and Publishers www.medianinfo.com

Media Week www.mediaweek.com

Audio Book Industry http://publishing.about.com/cs/audiobooks/index.htm

Board Game Publishers http://boardgames.about.com

Business Book Publishers http://publishing.about.com/cs/businessbooks.htm

Children's Book Publishers http://publishing.about.com/cs/publishers1/index.htm

Publishers Weekly www.publishersweekly.com

Creative writing classes and coaching http://www.writeyournovelnow.com

The Fiction Writer's Journey http://www.emilyhanlon.com

Cacoethes Scribendi Creative Writing Workshop http://www.geocities.com/katrinko

4Writers.com http://4writers.4anything.com/home

Web links to literary magazines:
Columbia: A Journal of Fiction and Poetry
Georgia Review
Glimmer Train Stories
Kenyon Review
The Literary Review
Michigan Quarterly Review
Mississippi Review
Missouri Review
New England Review
Ploughshares
Quarterly West
Sundog: The Southeast Review
Zoethrope: All Story

Links to other resources:

http://www.ksu.edu/english/links.html

Creative writing, web style http://personalweb.about.com/internet/personalweb/library/weekly/aa032700a.htm
Literary Marketplace http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp

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