Creative Writing
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Creative Writing is a one-semester course open to all students. This class is proposed for beginners as well as serious writers who want to explore the pleasures and rigors of writing creative non-fiction, fiction, poetry and drama. Throughout the semester numerous writing exercises, reading and discussing one another’s writing in workshop format and developing a portfolio of writing will be required. Writing assignments and analyzing examples of creative writing from the textbook will also be required. All students can expect a fun, supportive, hardworking and productive class atmosphere that encourages experimentation and constructive criticism. The emphasis is on literary development as both a reader and a writer.
Class Objectives/Goals
This course will enhance the students’ ability to do the following:
- To understand the importance of elements of the craft: image, voice, character setting and story
- To identify imaginative writing genres: creative non-fiction, fiction, poetry and drama
- To read examples of published creative writing (creative non-fiction, fiction, poetry and drama), as well as examples of student works.
- To develop skill in writing and revising creative non-fiction, fiction, poetry and drama
- To practice and develop discussion and analysis skills through written and oral assignments
- To learn self-motivation for developing your writing from an idea into a polished final draft
- To appreciate the development and revision processes of creative writing
Units of Study
- First Quarter:
- The Short Memoir
- Poetry
- Fiction
- Second Quarter:
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