ENGL 140
Introduction to Creative Writing
Last Offered Spring 2020
Division I
This course is not offered in the current catalog or this is a previous listing for a current course.

The controlling conceit of this class is that the different genres of creative writing are cross-fertilizing, even if you imagine yourself to have a strong proclivity toward one. Though much of our energy will go into producing new work–poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction–we will also look at published work through a combination of approaches: seminar style discussions, as well as mini-lectures and craft essays that will guide your writing in each genre. The instructor will be the primary respondent to your work, although you will also become comfortable reading and critiquing one another. There will be at least one workshop-format class per genre. This course does not fulfill the writing skills requirement, because of its emphasis on creative rather than analytical writing, and because I don’t require revisions. Nevertheless, you will be writing a lot, ten to fifteen pages in each genre, as well as peer responses.