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Writing Life (ENGCS04-1a)
Status: Open
Fee: $400.00
Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00PM no class 10/12
Location: Sayles Hall, room 104
Instructor(s): Douglas Brown
This course on creative nonfiction offers class members the chance to examine what goes into good writing and what it means to be a writer. We will read from a range of works,...(read more)
Generating the Goods: Writing on the Spot (ENGCS05-1a)
Status: Open
Fee: $400.00
Timing: 10 sessions from October 5, 2009 - December 14, 2009 on Mondays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 10/12
Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D
Instructor(s): Lauren Sarat
Do you have great ideas for writing, but have trouble getting them down on paper? Have you hit a block in an existing work that needs some fresh ideas? This workshop will focu...(read more)
Word Perfect: Being Your Own Best Editor (ENGCS06-1a)
Status: Open
Fee: $400.00
Timing: 10 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 17, 2009 on Thursdays, 7-9PM no class 11/26
Location: Wilson Hall, room 303
Instructor(s): Joe Caliguire
Whether you’re writing an email to your supervisor or a letter to your senator, it is crucial to communicate your ideas in a clear, comprehensible, and audience-friendly...(read more)
Laughing Matters: The Art and Craft of Humor Writing (ENGCS08-1a)
Status: Open
Fee: $400.00
Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Smith-Buonanno, room 207
Instructor(s): Joe Caliguire
Part workshop, part discussion, this course will cover the 3 P’s: the practical (finding your comic voice), the poetic (arranging the perfect words into the perfect orde...(read more)
Make a Long Story Short: Writing Mini Fiction (ENGCS09-1a)
Status: Open
Fee: $400.00
Timing: 10 sessions from October 7, 2009 - December 16, 2009 on Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 11/25
Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D
Instructor(s): Joe Caliguire
A class for fiction writers, poets, and essayists (in fact, all creative writers) who are looking to see how using vivid imagery, precise detail, and a strong narrative voice ...(read more)
Maidens, Mobsters and Monsters: Writing Genre (ENGCS10-1a)
Status: Closed
Fee: $320.00
Timing: 8 sessions from October 8, 2009 - December 3, 2009 on Thursdays, 7:00-9:00pm no class 11/26
Location: Thayer 101, room 116-D
Instructor(s): Nicholas Bredie
Mystery, Thriller, Romance, and Science Fiction. Genre is often dismissed by the writing establishment, but it is no less difficult to write than the Great American Novel. Thi...(read more)
The Art of the Blog (ENGCS11-1a)
Status: Open
Fee: $240.00
Timing: 6 sessions from October 7, 2009 - November 18, 2009 on Wednesday, 7-9pm no class 11/11
Location: CIT 269
Instructor(s): Darcie Dennigan
In this course, participants will create and launch their own blog. Together, we will look at some very successful blogs on different themes—including sports, politics, ...(read more)
Writing Poetry: States of the Art (ENGCS12-1a)
Status: Open
Fee: $240.00
Timing: 6 sessions from October 7, 2009 - November 11, 2009 on Wednesdays, 6:30PM-8:30PM
Location: Sayles Hall, room 104
Instructor(s): Catherine Imbriglio
This writing workshop is designed to help intermediate and advanced writers of poetry make their work grow stronger conceptually, technically, and thematically. There will be...(read more)
Writing to Persuade (ENGCS13-1a)
Status: Closed
Fee: $400.00
Timing: 10 sessions from October 6, 2009 - December 8, 2009 on Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Location: Wilson Hall, room 206
Instructor(s): Genoa Shepley
What makes a piece of writing effective? Inspirational? Whether it's an editorial in a newspaper, a moving speech, or just an effective email, powerful prose shares a common f...(read more)