Creative Writing Subject Guide

The Future for Creative Writing

Available online.

Next Line, Please : Prompts to Inspire Poets and Writers

Available online.

Creative Manoeuvers : Writing, Making, Being

Available online.

The Book of Dialogue : How to Write Effective Conversation in Fiction, Screenplays, Drama, and Poetry

Available online.

Creative Writing : An Introduction to Poetry and Fiction

Available via Carleton (PE1404 .S75 2014).

Telling Stories : The Craft of Narrative and the Writing Life

Available online.

The Imaginative Argument : A Practical Manifesto for Writers

Available online.

Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction : Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field

Call Number: PN3373 .F53 2009

The Writer's Field Guide to the Craft of Fiction 

Call Number: PN3355 .N655 2018

Novel Ideas : Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process

Available online.

Vivid and Continuous : Essays and Exercises for Writing Fiction

Available online.

Wonderbook : An Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

Call Number: PE1404 .V35 2013.

Also available online.

Creative Writing : A Guide and Glossary to Fiction Writing

Call Number: PN3355 .B76 2007 (Reference Room)

Writing Fiction : A Guide to Narrative Craft

Available via Carleton (PN3355 .B79 2015). 

The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction

Call Number: PN145 .R565 2012

Blurring the Boundaries : Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction

Available online.

A Self Made of Words: Crafting a Distinctive Persona in Nonfiction Writing

Available online.

Crafting the Personal Essay : A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Nonfiction 

Call Number: PE1479.A88 M66 2010

Word Craft : The Complete Guide to Clear, Powerful Writing

Available via Carleton (PN4775 .H324 2021).

The Poem Is You : Sixty Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them

Call Number: PS325 .B87 2016

The Practicing Poet : Writing Beyond the Basics

Call Number: PN1059.A9 P64 2018x

The Book of Forms : A Handbook of Poetics

Available online.

The Poetry Home Repair Manual : Practical Advice for Beginning Poets 

Call Number: PN1059.A9 K66 2005

The Rag-Picker's Guide to Poetry : Poems, Poets, Process

Available online.

The Poet's Art

Available via Carleton (PN1042 .R57 1987).

A Poetry Handbook

Call Number: PE1505 .O35 1994

The Art of Voice : Poetic Principles and Practice

Available via Carleton (PN1042 .H543 2019).

Poetry : A Writers' Guide and Anthology

Call Number: PN1059.A9 H84 2018

Next Word, Better Word : The Craft of Writing Poetry

Call Number: PN1059.A9 D63 2011

The Poet's Mistake

Available online.