What are the textures and structures of the creative writing moment?
For this study, Jack Harrell asked nine adult creative writers to describe the phenomena of their subjective creative writing experiences. His purpose was to understand the meaning and essence of these experiences in the context of the writers mental and material writing realms. The participants, both male and female, were published writers of poetry, fiction, drama, or creative non-fiction.
The study illustrates the need for solitary work, trust, risk, and failure in creative writing. Shaped by the underpaint of the...