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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 The Creative Writer's Mind
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'What goes on in creative writers' heads when they write? What can cognitive psychology, neuroscience, literary studies and previous research in creative writing studies tell creative writers about the processes of their writing mind?

'Creative writers have for centuries undertaken cognitive research. Some described cognition in vivid exegetical essays, but most investigated the mind in creative writing itself, in descriptions of the thinking of characters in fiction, poetry and plays. The inner voicings and inner visualising revealed in Greek choruses, in soliloquies, in stream-of-consciousness narratives are creative writers' 'research results' from studying their own cognition, and the thinking of others. The Creative Writer's Mind is a book for creative writers: it sets out to cross the gap between creative writing and science, between the creative arts and cognitive research.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Bristol,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Channel View Publications ,
      2022 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 176p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 31 May 2022
      ISBN: 9781800415348

Works about this Work

The Writer’s Mind-Work Sue Woolfe , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 26 no. 2 2022;

— Review of The Creative Writer's Mind Nigel Krauth , 2022 multi chapter work criticism
'Nigel Krauth’s book is so rich in what creative writers are seldom granted but yearn for, from inspiring quotations to insightful explanations to occasional – perhaps too occasional – revelations of his own practise, that anyone embarking on a life of what Krauth calls “the writer’s mind-work” would be foolhardy not to pack it. Experienced writers too, for Krauth’s thinking is that rare joy, it clarifies and distils what we are doing. I would’ve packed it when I first embarked on creative writing, about the same time as Krauth himself. I will still keep it near. Krauth and I met over the years on stages at festivals, and whispered snatches of encouragement and advice, mainly about my terror of accounting for myself to audiences, or critics’ reactions to our work.' (Introduction)
The Writer’s Mind-Work Sue Woolfe , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 26 no. 2 2022;

— Review of The Creative Writer's Mind Nigel Krauth , 2022 multi chapter work criticism
'Nigel Krauth’s book is so rich in what creative writers are seldom granted but yearn for, from inspiring quotations to insightful explanations to occasional – perhaps too occasional – revelations of his own practise, that anyone embarking on a life of what Krauth calls “the writer’s mind-work” would be foolhardy not to pack it. Experienced writers too, for Krauth’s thinking is that rare joy, it clarifies and distils what we are doing. I would’ve packed it when I first embarked on creative writing, about the same time as Krauth himself. I will still keep it near. Krauth and I met over the years on stages at festivals, and whispered snatches of encouragement and advice, mainly about my terror of accounting for myself to audiences, or critics’ reactions to our work.' (Introduction)
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