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English 100FA - Spring, 2017
Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction
Class Information
Instructor:
Townsend, Jacinda
Time:
M 6:10-9:00
Location:
126 Voorhies
Description
This course presumes your familiarity with the basic elements of fiction, and your readiness to see your work through to the next stage of mastery. The best learning is doing, and this semester, we will help one another become better writers by workshopping pieces each week. We will also use two texts to help us develop a conversation about craft.
Grading
A quarter of your grade will come from each of the following areas:
1) Participation--during workshop, you will be expected to offer your classmates much in the way of meaningful constructive criticism--we are here to help one another become better writers.
2) Workshop Pieces--everyone will turn in two pieces to be workshopped.
3) Exams--there will be two exams, covering the stories in Best American.
4) Final Revision--one of the two forementioned pieces will be revised for your final.
Texts
The Best American Short Stories 2013
, Elizabeth Strout
This Is How You Lose Her
, Junot Diaz