It’s apparent that many people will bestow upon the art of writing an almost mythical status: the act of writing is no ordinary act, and the bona fide writer is…
Written by Geoff Mills
Geoff Mills, a graduate of the National Academy of Writing, earns a measly crust from freelance writing and the occasional teaching and acting job. He is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing at Birmingham University, with research interests in the campus novel and the role and nature of creative writing in the academy. A beefy gentleman in his mid thirties, he confesses to a fetish for fast food, lager and high calorie prose.
Creative Writing in the Academy
Such is my fascination with the question of the ‘teachability’ of creative writing that it forms one of the themes of my campus novel, the writing of which constitutes the…