Course Description
Summary
The art of creative writing is also the art of being a witness to the world. In this class, we will learn what forms creative writing can take—focusing primarily on fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction—and discover new ways to see the raw materials of our lives.We will exercise our imaginations through generative experiments and keeping an observation notebook; identify aspects of craft through reading contemporary and classic texts across genres; and hone our instincts for what works well in a story, poem, and creative nonfiction essay through workshopping drafts in each genre.
