ENGLISH 90-4: Fiction Writing (seminar) Taught by: Skip Horack Fall Quarter, 2009-2010 TTh 3:15-5:05, Room: 110-111A |
ENGLISH 90 is an introductory course to the craft and art of fiction writing. In this class, students will work to cultivate the imaginative, critical, and technical skills necessary for writing fiction. Using the published work of well-known authors, as well as original student writing, we will explore various topics and problems that face anyone embarking on the creative-writing process. We will read short stories as writers – not as critics or historians of literature – and each text will be reviewed as a template for imitation and inspiration. Eventually, this course will evolve into a writing workshop wherein students bring their own stories to class for group discussion, and thereby develop the skills to constructively critique and workshop one another’s work. Through this process, students will learn a variety of techniques for improving their own fiction writing.
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