Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: English

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION ***** What Writers Read. There are writers called ''writers' writers''. These are writers whose works are consistently respected, recommended, and, in fact, considered canonical. We will read work by Raymond Carver, Donald Barthelme, Lorrie Moore, Tobias Wolfe, John Cheever, Ernest Hemingway, Amy Hempl, Mary Robison, and Rick Moody. Also on the reading list will be writers writing about their craft. The class will be run like a workshop. You will do writing exercises, sort of warm-up stretches for the imagination. The course is designed to give students who want to become writers the opportunity to learn the vocabulary, lore, and tribal secrets of the writing community.