Basic Creative Writing Basic Creative Writing
This course will introduce you to creative writing, from generating ideas to revising drafts. Find your voice and develop your craft through in-class and at-home writing exercises, as well as...
Create Diverse Characters with Nuance and Sensitivity Create Diverse Characters with Nuance and Sensitivity
Today’s readers—as well as agents, editors, and publishers— expect stories that include diverse characters authentically portrayed. We’ll explore how to reach outside our own identities and...
Fiction Writing Essentials Fiction Writing Essentials
Explore essential aspects of fiction writing such as plot, voice, dialogue, character, and point of view. Every week, students will read published stories and generate new work in response to writing...
Flash Nonfiction: A Generative Workshop Flash Nonfiction: A Generative Workshop
In this workshop, we will explore the craft issues related to flash nonfiction. Writing shorter pieces of 700-1,000 words, will allow you to work on intensity of language, wrapping an idea in a...
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
While the words “creative” and “nonfiction” might seem an odd pairing, the combination is rooted in a long tradition of telling stories, making personal observations and employing a variety of...
Introduction to Playwriting Introduction to Playwriting
Designed for beginning playwrights as well as writers of other media, this class emphasizes what makes a scene work, how to develop character through dialogue and action, and how to think in...
Jumpstart: Dynamic Dialogue Jumpstart: Dynamic Dialogue
Make your dialogue work for you. Through a combination of discussion, in class writing, lecture, short readings and exercises, this session will give you the basic tools you need to use dialogue, as...
Poetry Chapbook Workshop Poetry Chapbook Workshop
Have you started collecting your poems into a chapbook-length manuscript, or are you looking for extra motivation to do so? Are you seeking a supportive community of writers that can inspire you, give...
Writing Nonfiction: Turning Facts Into Gripping Scenes Writing Nonfiction: Turning Facts Into Gripping Scenes
Led by New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, whose narrative nonfiction works include Seinfeldia, When Women Invented Television, Sex and the City and Us, and Mary and Lou and...
Writing to Convince Writing to Convince
Writers write because they have something to say, to convince others of their view of the human condition. There’s a message nagging at them, a message they feel compelled to get out into the world...