WRIT 359 Boot Camp: Creative Writing

General

• An understanding of the basic aspects of the three major forms of creative writing, including writing poetry, writing short fiction and writing memoir and creative non-fiction
• Ability to implement the essentials of creative writing craft in works of short creative writing, including voice, tense, point of view, narrative arc, pacing, use of specific details, character development, beginnings and endings, titles and creative use of language and vocabulary
• Ability to draft, critique, edit and revise short works of creative writing into finished or close-to-being-finished works
• Understanding of how aspects of creative writing craft apply to short and long works of creative writing, including picture books, poems, short stories, short memoirs, full-length memoirs, novels, creative non-fiction and collections of essays
• Contribution to a creative writing workshop, which by definition is an intimate, closely-woven community, as evidenced by attendance, focused attention, informed and thoughtful oral and written feedback on peer submissions, absolutely no use of cell phones in class, and prompt submission of all assignments