WRIT 344
Writing for Publication and Profit
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective
August 16, 2017
– Present
Graduation requirements this course fulfills
This course examines writing as a full-or part-time business. Students learn to market their writing to appropriate publications, create effective book proposals, understand the conventions of the publishing industry and edit their own work.
Special information
Learning outcomes
General
- Able to market ideas at an advanced level in business correspondence, such as professional query letters.
- Advanced analysis of publication needs of a book publishing house.
- Advanced understanding of how to analyze a magazine's needs and determine which publications are appropriate markets for student's creative works.
- Recognize original, salable ideas.
- Translate ideas into salable form.
- Understand how to organize an idea into a book proposal.
Fall 2019
| Section | Title | Instructor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Writing for Publication and Profit | Perry, Su | Books | Course details |