Writers looking for guidance as they embark on their first novel or short story will often come across neat formulations – little nuggets of advice that can be easily swallowed: ‘Write what you know’; ‘Show, don’t tell’. Too easily swallowed, perhaps. One of the reasons we wrote The Book You Need to Read to […]
Read MoreJames C. Kaufman, co-editor of The Psychology of Creative Writing, takes us behind the scenes of his writing process, and explains how creativity takes centre stage in his work.
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