Creative Writing: From Spark to Submission

Program Overview

This creative writing program delves into storytelling techniques through hands-on exercises and discussions. Learners develop their writing skills by crafting fiction, non-fiction, or auto-fiction pieces. Students receive feedback from the instructor, fostering critiquing abilities and overcoming writing hesitations. The program emphasizes practical application, preparing students to effectively tell stories in various settings.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Creative writing is an indispensable skill in today’s communication-rich world which utilizes storytelling in many ways, whether to delve into imaginary worlds, tell a personal success story, or write a family history. In this course, learners explore the elements of storytelling through instruction and discussion, practice various approaches with writing exercises, overcome writing hesitancy, and develop critiquing abilities. Each session includes instruction and discussion on an aspect of creative writing, writing time, and story workshopping. Early in the course, students choose one of three approaches: fiction, non-fiction, or auto-fiction. Learners submit pieces of writing and receive feedback from the instructor.

Other:

You should bring your own laptop or other writing supplies to class. A laptop is not required, but the final project must be submitted in the standard manuscript format.