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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LANG 363 - Fiction Writing Workshop

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A workshop in the craft and art of fiction writing. Students are introduced to the basic elements of fiction craft, such as scene, story structure, and characterization, and employ them in in-class exercises and assignments, leading to story drafts that are peer-critiqued and revised. Close reading of master works help inform and inspire craft choices. A study and exploration of imaginative writing that includes craft talks, discussions, in-class writing, techniques for drafting, developing, shaping, revising, and editing work, supportive feedback, and individual meetings for the development of significant projects and for the assessment of work. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: LANG 260 or permission of instructor. Fall and Spring.