David Morley (1)

Not all of this was relevant or interesting to me, but the chapter on writing short stories was very helpful.

I thought this was an interesting approach to a subject which is probably written to death. Morley is a scientist who thinks that all writing is creative and that good writing should be taught in all disciplines. The book is peppered with practical writing tasks (which all look frankly terrifying) and with sensible advice.

een standaardwerk! Alle mogelijke technische aspecten van creatief schrijven (fictie en poëzie) behandeld, met veel mooie opdrachten, en ook veel theorie over het onderwijzen van creatief schrijven. Aanrader!

Not to be confused with A. Alvarez's seminal collection of the same name, this is a wideranging collection (55 writers are represented) of modern British poetry. There's no particular agenda at work here--the only criteria are that the poem dates from the 1980s or 1990s and that the poet be born no earlier than 1940 and not be featured in "The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry"--and I know it's been criticised for this very reason, but there's some good stuff included.