WRIT 321 : Writing Creative Nonfiction

This course introduces students to different genres of creative nonfiction, including autobiography, memoir, personal essay, reflection, and reportage. The course provides students an opportunity to practice these genres and emphasizes creativity of expression. Students are encouraged to experiment with a variety of first-person forms and write about subjects that they know about and that are important to them. Students will study the work of contemporary writers from a craft perspective in order to develop and hone their writing strategies. The class is conducted as a writer’s workshop in which students share their work and learn from one another. Students will prepare and submit an end-of-semester portfolio of their writing.