[UConn Storrs]

Instructor: Sean Forbes

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

This course is an introductory class in creative writing that will expose you to a variety of genres including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and hybrid works. Students will complete five mini-modules, each focusing on a different creative technique, as well as a sixth module in which you will select your own literary models and focus. Expect to spend significant class time writing and responding to authors such as Yusef Komunyakaa, Michelle Zeuner, Annie Dillard, Sylvia Plath, and Lorrie Moore. Revision and active participation in workshop are requirements of the course, and your final project will be a portfolio of selected drafts and revised works.

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