Course details

Name: ENWR - 205

Title: CREATIVE NONFICTION

Section: 02

Semester: Fall - 2015

Credits: 3

Description:
This writing-intensive, seminar-style course will deal with the techniques of creative non-fiction, with emphasis on "creative". We will read examples of successful creative nonfiction. Written pieces will include a first-person memoir; a character sketch or profile; a word-picture of an urban neighborhood; perhaps a local travel piece; other pieces as the class desires. This is not a grammar course. Techniques emphasized will include showing, not telling; writing originally and avoiding cliches; pacing; having a story "arc" with a beginning, middle and end; holding readers' interest; perhaps using suspense. However, within these and other parameters of good writing, you will be encouraged to write in and to develop your own, individual voice. Writing will be shared with classmates who will offer constructive, supportive critiques.

Last updated on 2015-03-23 By Hollander Ron (hollanderr)

Schedule: Thursday From 1:00 pm To 3:30 pm

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Teaching Faculty: Hollander Ron (hollanderr)

Is course canceled: No