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This presentation will explore how writing centers can better assist creative writers on CLU’s campus since there is a need for more resources beyond classroom instruction to help creative writers. The writing center can become another place for writers to get constructive criticism. Therefore, the writing center needs to devise ways to equip writing consultants to work with creative works. We, the presenters, will be using Cathy Day’s, an English professor at Ball State University, creative writing pedagogy published in Dr. Anna Leahy’s Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom: The Authority Project. Cathy Day introduces several metaphors to utilize as approaches in a creative writing workshop environment such as the well and guided tour to demonstrate how each consultation is situational based on the client.
We will also be using Elaine Walker’s, a professor at Open University, editing process in Teaching Creative Writing: Practical Approaches. Walker uses a 7 stage process of revising a creative writing work, but for our research, we only are using the first four stages: first reading, close reading, technical analysis, and powerful question.
By using this framework, we provide relevant feedback on their creative works and anticipate creative writers to feel comfortable sharing their work at the writing center. We hope our research will result in attracting more creative writers to visit our writing center. Ultimately, our goal in implementing these new writing center pedagogies is to give creative writers a place to grow as a writer.