ENGL 1900: Advanced Creative Writing

Abstract

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an advanced course for those who have taken introductory creative writing and want to continue to improve their skills in writing fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.¶ COURSE GOALS: By the end of the semester, you will gain a better sense of the unique qualities of each genre— poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction—and practice some of the techniques in each genre. You will keep a writing journal, respond to weekly writing prompts, participate in two intensive peer workshops, a few shorter impromptu workshops, and meet regularly with the professor. Over the course of the semester, you will produce new work and revise work from previous creative writing courses with the goal of completing a thirty-page portfolio of polished work. The final portfolio should include work from at least two genres and counts for 40% of the grade. This course will also help you talk more confidently and constructively about your own and others’ writing.