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ENGL-2307-001 Creative Writing
Practical experience in the techniques of imaginative writing. May include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting or drama.
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(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)
Online Course
Poems, short stories and nonfiction essays and stories are provided in the folders for poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
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The English Department takes plagiarism seriously.
Plagiarism is defined as the following: the use of someone else’s exact words that are neither quoted nor cited; paraphrasing someone else’s words without citing them; or using someone else’s research without citing it.
Student plagiarism in the Amarillo College English Department is internally tracked. To clarify, records will be kept in the Department of those students who have plagiarized. At the beginning of each new semester, the names of students who plagiarized the previous semester will be sent to all English Department faculty.
Plagiarism may receive a penalty of a zero. A subsequent infraction will be deemed a reason for expulsion from the class. At this point, the case will be referred to the Vice President of Student Affairs.
Self-plagiarism is the use of one's own writing without proper identification. Use of self-plagiarism, unless specifically requested by the instructor, will be considered a form of cheating and treated accordingly.
Writing created by artifical intelligence, unless specifically requested by the instructor, will be considered a form of cheating and treated accordingly.
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Polite discourse is expected.
Please meet all assignment deadlines.
Ask questions early if you do not understand.
We will mostly be a workshop, meaning we will read each other's poems and stories, and then critique. Be kind; in creative writing, trying something new and different is likely to go off target at times. Focus on what the poem or story does well, on how it engages you as a reader. If a passage is unclear, simply point that out in a kind way: I'm not sure what you meant by the passage that starts .... If you want to offer a suggestion, again, be kind: When you wrote this .... , did you mean something like this? Then a brief edit of the passage.
Poem 20%
Short story 20%
Creative nonfiction 20%
Final Project Portfolio 15%
Daily work -- writing exercises, discussion boards, peer reviews 25%
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All reading materials will be posted in the unit folder. Our work week runs from Monday (Except for Martin Luther King Day) to the following Sunday.
Week One (Jan. 13- 19): Introduce yourself in the Introduction forum. Include your creative writing interests, and favorite poet, poem, story, or authors. Read the poems and familiarize yourself with the information in "A Guide to Understanding Poetry". Read "Sonnet 153" and answer the questions about poetry terms in the guide. Read the poetry assignment.
Week Two (Jan. 21-Jan. 26): Submit your poem for my review. A discussion board on Emily Dickinson's poem. A brief writing assignment on Robert Frost's advice about poetry.
Week Three (Jan. 27- Feb. 2): Revise your poem. Compare Dickinson and Walt Whitman's poems on death. Introduce the short fiction story unit. Read the short stories "Puppy" and "Twenty Minutes" over the weekend.
Week Four (Feb. 3 - Feb. 9): Do the character assignment. Comment and answer questions on "Puppy" in the discussion forum. Start writing your short story.
Week Five (Feb. 10 - Feb. 16): Comment and answer questions on "Twenty Minutes" in the discussion forum. A video lecture on the use of an "Iago" character. An exercise on vivid writing. Complete your short story and post by Sunday. A short writing assignment on what fiction writers can learn from a game.
Week Six (Feb. 16 - Feb. 23): An overview and reading on creative nonfiction. Read "El Valle 1991" and post observations and answers to questions in the discussion forum. Write your creative nonfiction story and post in the peer review forum by Sunday.
Week Seven (Feb. 24 - March 2): Peer review one story by Tuesday. Read "On the Frontier" and answer questions in discussion forum. Revise your story after you have comments from me and the peer review.
Week Eight (March 3 - March 7):Compile the porffolio. Submit at least one piece of writing to AC's literary magazine, Freelancer. Reflective final on your experiences and goals for creative writing.
This course may contain adult subject matter.
Scheduled assignments are subject to professor oversight, and may be subject to change.
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