The Practice Of Creative Writing 3rd Edition Pdf

Canvas course shells:

Creative Writing A (OER Canvas course)
Tip: Before clicking on this link, first log into your TCC Canvas faculty account and open up Canvas Commons. Online Canvas course shared by Madison Ridgeland Academy teacher, 2019. Organized into thematic modules; probably most useful for examples of creative writing assignments and prompts. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license.
Creative Writing B (OER Canvas course)
Tip: Before clicking on this link, first log into your TCC Canvas faculty account and open up Canvas Commons. Online Canvas course shared by Madison Ridgeland Academy teacher, 2019. Organized into thematic modules; probably most useful for examples of creative writing assignments and prompts. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license.
ENGL& 236 - Creative Writing I (WACTC Canvas course)

Tip: Before clicking on this link, first log into your TCC Canvas faculty account and open up Canvas Commons. Online Canvas course shared by Marc Barrington, Green River College, 2020. Uses a copyrighted text, The Practice of Creative Writing: A Guide for Students (3rd ed.), by Heather Sellers, as its primary textbook. Organized into weekly modules, with discussions, assignments, and additional readings and videos. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license.

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Introduction to Creative Writing (OER course)

Lumen Learning online course via "Achieving the Dream" OER initiative. Major emphases on writing fiction and poetry. Includes assignments, rubrics, and samples. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license, but individual pages may have additional or different licenses.
Write or Left: An OER Textbook for Creative Writing Courses
OER textbook by Sybil Priebe, North Dakota State College of Science, revised 2020. Includes introductory chapters about creative writing and review of elements, with additional chapters on different writing genres, including poetry, flash fiction, fiction, drama, and nonfiction. Each genre chapter includes tips, brief history, forms, and examples (86 pages total). Word format via Google Docs; make a copy to edit. Revised to be more accessible. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - ShareAlike) license.
Keywords in Creative Writing

A "volume for creative writing students and other writers just getting started. In two- to ten-page discussions, these authors introduce forty-one central concepts in the fields of creative writing and writing instruction, with discussions." Not an openly licensed text but rather an openly accessible text, originally written and published in 2006, made available online by its authors. Available online (e-book) or downloadable formats.
Teaching Autoethnography: Personal Writing in the Classroom

2016, Open SUNY textbook "dedicated to the practice of immersive ethnographic and autoethnographic writing that encourages authors to participate in the communities about which they write. This book draws ... also on theories and sensibilities from creative writing and performance studies, which encourage self-reflection and narrative composition." PDF, EPUB, and online formats. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike) license.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Writing What You Know

Mini-course by OpenLearn. Click on "Course Content" to view topics: Writing what you know; The everyday; The senses; and Memory and Narrative. As each page/mini-lecture includes writing activities, this might be most useful as supplemental material and ideas for assignments/class activities. Word, PDF, Kindle, EPUB, and online formats. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike) license.

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Writing through Literature

Open access reading list organized in major sections for Fiction, Poetry, Drama. Not technically OER itself but rather a freely available collection of readings either in the public domain or made available for educational use. Also includes a blog by the English professor who created this site, with short entries on how the instructor has used the materials for a "Writing through Literature" class.
Writing Spaces

Peer-reviewed collections of essays about writing—all composed by teachers for students. "The Inspired Writer vs. the Real Writer" and "How to Read Like a Writer" might be useful for a creative writing class. CC BY NC ND (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial - No Derivatives) license.
Thematic Reading Anthology

This anthology is a curated collection of openly licensed or public domain primary texts, organized thematically, including a module for Literature.
Introduction to Literature: Poetry, syllabus and reading list
Compiled by Amy Beasley, Lane Community College (Oregon), 2020. Syllabus includes links to all weekly readings, starting on page 5. The class schedule includes descriptions of assignments. CC BY NC (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial) license.
Innovative Cascadia Poetry (OER Canvas course)

Tip: Before clicking on this link, first log into your TCC Canvas faculty account and open up Canvas Commons. OER Canvas course shared by Jared Leising, Cascadia College, 2016. "Students in this course will engage in weekly readings of poems and essays, audio interviews, and video presentations relating to an aspect of what has made the poetry of Cascadia so innovative. The readings will then be applied to threaded, online discussions each week." Organized into weekly modules. Public domain license.
Open Readings: Poetry

LibGuide created by Indian River State College Libraries, last updated May 2020. Includes links to open access poems and Word documents of public domain poems, organized alphabetically by author. Also includes links to copyrighted works that are only accessible via that library system.
Open Readings: Short Stories

LibGuide created by Indian River State College Libraries, last updated May 2020. Includes links to open access short stories and Word documents of public domain stories, organized alphabetically by author. Also includes links to copyrighted works that are only accessible via that library system.

Canvas course shells:

Innovative Cascadia Poetry (OER Canvas course)

Tip: Before clicking on this link, first log into your TCC Canvas faculty account and open up Canvas Commons. OER Canvas course shared by Jared Leising, Cascadia College, 2016. "Students in this course will engage in weekly readings of poems and essays, audio interviews, and video presentations relating to an aspect of what has made the poetry of Cascadia so innovative. The readings will then be applied to threaded, online discussions each week." Organized into weekly modules. Public domain license.

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations

Peer-reviewed textbook, 2018, Open SUNY. Organized into 10 chapters, with word lists. Textbook includes "exercises aimed to make writing in its early stages a form of play that gives way to more enriching insights through revision, embracing the writing of poetry as both a love of language and a tool that enables us to explore ourselves and better understand the world." Poets featured range in age, subject, and style. Multiple formats, including PDF, ePub, and online. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike) license.
Towards an Open Anthology of Poetry (OER textbook)

Developed by a Clackamas Community College instructor and students and published by Open Oregon, 2017. Organized into 11 chapters by themes of poetry (e.g. Poems about Nature) plus an appendix of poetry terms; poems included are in the public domain. Online, EPUB, MOBI and PDF formats. CC BY NC (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial) license.
Introduction to Creative Writing (OER course)

Lumen Learning online course via "Achieving the Dream" OER initiative. Major emphases on writing fiction and poetry. Includes assignments, rubrics, and samples. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license, but individual pages may have additional or different licenses.
Write or Left: An OER Textbook for Creative Writing Courses
OER textbook by Sybil Priebe, 2020. Includes introductory chapters about creative writing and review of elements, with additional chapters on different writing genres, including poetry. Each genre chapter includes tips, brief history, forms, and examples (86 pages total). Revised to be more accessible. Google Drive document. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - ShareAlike) license.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Open Readings: Poetry

LibGuide created by Indian River State College Libraries, last updated May 2020. Includes links to open access poems and Word documents of public domain poems, organized alphabetically by author. Also includes links to copyrighted works that are only accessible via that library system.
Introduction to Literature: Poetry, syllabus and reading list
Compiled by Amy Beasley, Lane Community College (Oregon), 2020. Syllabus includes links to all weekly readings, starting on page 5. The class schedule includes descriptions of assignments. CC BY NC (Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial) license.

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative (OER textbook)
Ignasi Ribó, 2020. "This concise and highly accessible textbook outlines the principles and techniques of storytelling. It is intended as a high-school and college-level introduction to the central concepts of narrative theory – concepts that will aid students in developing their competence not only in analysing and interpreting short stories and novels, but also in writing them." Organized into 7 chapters. Faculty peer reviews of the text on this site. Online and PDF formats. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license.
Introduction to Creative Writing (OER course)

Lumen Learning online course via "Achieving the Dream" OER initiative. Major emphases on writing fiction and poetry. Includes assignments, rubrics, and samples. CC BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) license, but individual pages may have additional or different licenses.
Write or Left: An OER Textbook for Creative Writing Courses
OER textbook by Sybil Priebe, 2020. Includes introductory chapters about creative writing and review of elements, with additional chapters on different writing genres, including flash fiction and fiction. Each genre chapter includes tips, brief history, forms, and examples (86 pages total). Revised to be more accessible. Google Drive document. CC BY NC SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - ShareAlike) license.
Writing and Literature: Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication

Peer-reviewed textbook, 2017. "Students learn the various writing styles appropriate for analyzing, addressing, and critiquing these genres including poetry, novels, dramas, and research writing. The text and its pairing of helpful visual aids throughout emphasizes the importance of critical reading and analysis in producing a successful composition. Writing and Literature is a refreshing textbook that links learning, literature, and life." PDF format. CC BY SA (Creative Commons - Attribution - ShareAlike) license.
The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre

Florence Goyet, 2014. "This expanded and updated translation of Florence Goyet's influential La Nouvelle, 1870-1925: Description d'un genre à son apogée (Paris, 1993) is the only study to focus exclusively on this classic period across different continents. Ranging through French, English, Italian, Russian and Japanese writing—particularly the stories of Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Giovanni Verga, Anton Chekhov and Akutagawa Ryunosuke—Goyet shows that these authors were able to create brilliant and successful short stories using the very simple 'tools of brevity' of that period." CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.
Open Readings: Short Stories

LibGuide created by Indian River State College Libraries, last updated May 2020. Includes links to open access short stories and Word documents of public domain stories, organized alphabetically by author. Also includes links to copyrighted works that are only accessible via that library system.

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