Course details
Name: ENWR - 250
Title: SPECIAL TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING:ROMANCE FICTION
Section: 04
Semester: Fall - 2022
Credits: 3
Description:
Taught by Professor Laquette Holmes.
Romance novels are often considered easy, light reading. Their content focuses on big emotions like love, hate, jealousy, and passion, which can give the impression that they’re uncomplicated, formulaic pieces that don’t require a great deal of effort or skill to write. That is a misleading assumption. Like all fiction, romance requires more than just imagination.
In Foundations of Romance Writing, we will begin our journey as novice romance writers. Here, we will demonstrate knowledge of romance as a genre by exploring structure and tropes through source analysis, lecture, and discussion. We will examine, analyze, and discuss reader expectations of the romance genre and sub-genres within. By utilizing GMC (goal, motivation, and conflict), we will apply knowledge of the genre to create fully developed protagonists. With sensitivity, we will develop an awareness and understanding for the importance of diversity in romance, and apply that knowledge to respectfully create characters from different backgrounds. Through peer-workshopping, we’ll learn how to craft romances and editorial critique letters.
This is a writing intensive course where students will be required to submit three workshop pieces, three critique letters, and a final portfolio comprising two short stories or one novella.
Last updated on 2022-03-29 By
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Schedule: Thursday From 5:30 pm To 8:00 pm
Graduation requirements:
- Genre Study (Fiction)
- Creative Writing (CW)
Teaching Faculty: Holmes Laquette (holmesla)
Is course canceled: No