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Professional Writing

Creative and Critical Approaches

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Overview

  • First guide on professional writing for students taking Creative Writing and other Humanities degrees
  • Provides practical advice for building a career as a freelance writer
  • Includes a comprehensive range of exercises, case studies, examples, tips and further reading

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

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About this book

This book has been designed specifically for students in writing classes and other writers interested in developing proficient writing careers in a professional environment. As professional writing continues to change rapidly alongside digital developments, this book frames professional writing particularly for 'creative' and other writers. The professional world needs writers with a diverse portfolio of skills and capabilities; if writers can master these, they are more able to make a living from their writing and support their more creative endeavours. Each chapter includes a comprehensive range of exercises to build professional skills, along with learning objectives, case studies, worked examples, tips for success, and suggested websites and further reading.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chilbolton, UK

    Lisa Kesteven

  • Brighton, UK

    Andrew Melrose

About the authors

Lisa Kesteven is a lecturer on Creative and Professional Writing and has designed and led modules on Professional Writing. As well as being a writer of fiction and non-fiction, Lisa has worked freelance for a number of years and has her own freelancing business.

Andrew Melrose is an Emeritus Professor of Critical and Creative writing and a writer. He has over 160 film, fiction, non-fiction, research, songs, poems, chapters and other writing credits, including 15 films and 39 books.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Professional Writing

  • Book Subtitle: Creative and Critical Approaches

  • Authors: Lisa Kesteven, Andrew Melrose

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84899-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84898-9Published: 02 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84899-6Published: 01 February 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 186

  • Topics: Creative Writing, Writing Skills, Career Skills

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