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ENGL3230J – Writing Fiction

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Credits: 3

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Description:

ENGL3230 introduces students to the creative process and practice of fiction writing. Students explore their communication skills between self-expression and public critique, between writing as a process and as submitting finished work, and to explore creativity as forms of lateral thinking, synthesis, adaptation, and intuitive, sub-rational practices. Assignments perform a mixture of improvisatory ??pantsing,?? and pre-constructive ??plotting?? to craft an escalating story arc with engaging characters. Students workshop their stories and practice community-building oral and written communication skills. Students learn through practice, and work based on their own intuition, experience, desire for expression and audience reaction.?

Course Topics:

1.Character
2.Motive
3.Obstacle
4.Story Arc
5.Plot
6.Tension
7Escalation
8.Foreshadowing
9.Dialogue
10.Perspective
11.Showing
12.Genre