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Morris discusses the resistance to the act and the art of writing among apprentice writers. Framing creative writing as a concrete rather than theoretical act, she argues the importance of language and imagination versus feelings and ideas. Morris outlines the technical challenges for the apprentice writer and the way short, targeted exercises can address specific skills and, through constraint, encourage precision and clarity in writing. A case is made for creative nonfiction as a tactic to reclaim the word ‘imagination’ from its association with ideas and to develop the skills of storytelling.
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Morris, P. (2019). When I Was Seventeen. In: Farquhar, S., Fitzpatrick, E. (eds) Innovations in Narrative and Metaphor. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6114-2_3
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