Class Overview
About Creative Writing:
Creative Writing 1 & 2 both center on student-paced learning about the art of writing. While Creative Writing 1 focuses more on Poetry, Creative Writing 2 focuses more on Prose and Nonfiction. Both classes are designed to help you write better by reading a lot of great writing and discussing what you like (and don't), and by editing and revising your own writing into a final portfolio at semester's-end.
Class Learning Objectives
You will learn to read and write more critically, and to revise substantively.
- Reading for meaning
- Discuss the use of style as it pertains to main idea and theme
- Write, using conventions of common English
- Revise to achieve more proficient writing
Expectations
- Know that very few are great writers from the beginning. I expect you to try, and to try again!
- Read the stories I post, whether for workshop or for homework. Liking or disliking something is a good start to critically understanding, but knowing why you have feelings for a piece of writing is what I expect.
- Keep an open mind about literature, and never cut down your own writing, since you'll need to revise it for a portfolio.