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Develop your personal writing style. Learn the basic concepts and techniques of writing fiction, with the aim of heightening your sense of language and developing your ability to solve problems of structure, characterization, viewpoint, storyline, imagery, dialogue and believability. You also study major examples of the short story and representative critical texts. The instructor evaluates your manuscripts and leads classroom discussion. Enrollment is limited.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Analyze fiction works and define the elements of fiction writing.
- Integrate technical and creative strategies to successfully convey narrative story elements.
- Use various storytelling techniques in a cohesive manner.
- Collaborate with peers in the critiquing and development of creative writing.
What You Learn
- The state of the art: the story today
- Building plot in the first draft
- Revision
- Voice
- Starting your next piece
- Final drafts
How You Learn
- Reading assignments
- Writing exercises
- Writing assignments, including two short stories, for peer review
- Discussion participation
- Constructive feedback