Full Description
Multimodal and Digital Creative Writing Pedagogies offers a breadth of expertise and informed pedagogies on teaching multimodal and digital creative writing in the college classroom. This book presents engaging methods to inspire student writing beyond traditional, print-based texts. The contributors in this volume, all experienced creative writing instructors, share indispensable strategies for incorporating multimodal projects, including video game poetry, fan fiction authorship, digital storytelling, podcasting, online literary publications, creative installations, writing with image and sound, and multisensory approaches to creative writing. This collection also tackles matters of accessibility and inclusion vis-à-vis technology in the classroom and examines the challenges and rewards of incorporating novel approaches to creative writing. Ideal for instructors new to teaching multimodal creative writing--and for those who have experience and are looking to expand their teaching.
Contents
Foreword by Graeme Harper
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Creative Writing Beyond the Page, Kristina Wright and Sara K. Howe
Chapter 1: !Rhymes: Experiments with Poetic Practices and Videogame Mechanics, Cameron Edmond
Chapter 2: When Your Beginning Creative Writing Student is Already a Prolific Fic Author: Fan Fiction's Impact on Pedagogy, Sheryl Bundy
Chapter 3: Podcasting and Online Literary Magazines: Playful Experimentation and Digital Skills, Sherezade García Rangel
Chapter 4: Discovery, Play, and Motivation in the Multimodal Creative Writing Classroom, Ben Gunsberg
Chapter 5: An Expanded Field: Exploring Form, Mode, and Material in Poetry Writing Workshop, Nikki Fragala Barnes
Chapter 6: From Panel to Paragraph: Narratively Translating Graphic Novels, Matthew Macomber
Chapter 7: A Symphony of Word, Image, and Sound: The Creative Potential of Digital Storytelling, Mary C. Leoson
Chapter 8: Getting Creative with Data and Wikis: Redesigning the English Curricula, Tara Propper and Matt Kelly
Chapter 9: Don't Forget About Me! Access, Equity, and Inclusion for Creative Writing Instruction, Megan Cartier, Sarah Snyder and Katie Ducett
Chapter 10: Revision: Sense, Craft, Art, Robert Ward
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