The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing

Now in its third edition with a new chapter on intersectionality and writing from the margins, this is an introductory guide to the genres of creative writing new writers will encounter, from memoir and personal essay to fiction, poetry and drama writing for the screen and performance.

About the author

Tara Mokhtari is an Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Bronx Community College, USA, and has taught creative writing, literature, and communications at universities in Australia and the United States since 2007, and is the author of Anxiety Soup (2013).

Product details

• Authors: Tara Mokhtari, Tara Mokhtari
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781350467125
• ISBN: 978-1-350-46712-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Screenwriting techniques, Writing & editing guides, Writing and editing guides, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Screenwriting, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Poetry, Film Scripts & Screenplays, Film scripts and screenplays, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Fiction Writing