ENG-232 Creative Nonfiction Writing
This course focuses on the writing of Creative Nonfiction. Techniques and skills of the various forms of creative nonfiction, such as The Personal Essay, Memoir, Literary Journalism, Flash Nonfiction, and the Travel Essay are examined in class and practiced in student writing. Students will learn and practice strategies for brainstorming, drafting, critiquing, and revising their work, as well as refining the critical expertise and technical language to help them better discuss works-in-progress. Previous experience in creative non-fiction is not required, but the student is expected to be proficient in the mechanics of writing. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Apply craft elements of creative nonfiction to their own writing.
- Research, craft, and submit creative nonfiction to be assessed by their peers and professors.
- Integrate feedback from classmates and professors received through workshops, conferences, and written comments into their creative writing during revision.
- Read, explicate, and respond in writing to at least one piece of published creative writing in order to analyze craft.