Kashyap, Aruni
W 1 :50 PM
Park Hall 0061
Introduction to Creative Writing :
In this course, you will experiment with three creative genres—poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction—as a means of developing different imaginative approaches to experience. The emphasis will be on generating a lot of raw material and advancing a chunk of this work toward completion. During the semester, we will discuss a set of craft elements and you will be expected to apply those craft elements in your own writing and also while critiquing the work of your peers. In short, this course will teach you the basic techniques of the three genres, how to apply those in your own writing, and how to look at literature from the practitioner's point of view. We will read a wide range of short stories, poems, and creative nonfiction and learn how to apply the craft elements in our own work.
Learning Outcomes:
● Apply imaginative literature as models for original work.
● Experiment with language and genre.
● Write imaginatively at the exercise level.
● Draw distinctions between the processes of writing in a variety of genres.
● Receive and give constructive criticism.
● Write and revise creative work.
What will you write?