Program Overview
Introduction to Creative Writing
The Introduction to Creative Writing course is designed to encourage students to explore and practice four genres of creative writing: creative nonfiction, fiction, playwriting, and poetry. The course will be divided into peer critique of student work and discussions of craft, as well as close reading of published essays, stories, and poems, and close watching of scenes from plays. Students will have weekly writing assignments and will submit a final portfolio of finished work.
Course Offerings
- ENGLISH 110S.01: Introduction to Creative Writing, taught by Faulkner (Carol) Fox, will be offered online.
- ENGLISH 110S.02: Introduction to Creative Writing, taught by Mesha Maren, will be offered online.
- ENGLISH 110S.03: Introduction to Creative Writing, taught by Akhil Sharma, will be offered in a hybrid format.
Course Details
The course will focus on three genres: poetry, creative non-fiction, and fiction. More particularly, the course will focus on the sonnet, the profile, and the short story. Each section will feed into the next: the stanza preparing us for the paragraph, and the interview leading into third person point-of-view.
Because learning to write creatively involves developing a form of muscle memory, there will be almost daily writing exercises. There will also be, and equally importantly, a daily writer's diary of the experience of performing the exercise.
The end goal of the course is to develop both a suppleness with language and an awareness as to our particular responses to specific subjects and technical challenges.
Requirements and Grades
- Almost daily writing exercises
- Grades: Writing assignments 50%; Participation 50%
Curriculum Codes
- W
- CE
- WR
- ALP
Typically Offered
- Fall and/or Spring
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