Multi-Genre Creative Writing Workshop

Catalog description

This course is the primary incubator for some of the most advanced creative writing a student will do in the BA Program at Antioch University Los Angeles. The class is designed for the experienced writing student who is prepared to originate new work or revise work in progress and present it in a supportive and rigorous workshop setting. Each piece is given a close reading by all students in the workshop. Participants give detailed written comments as well as engage in a group critique of all work presented. As space allows, students may enroll in Multi-Genre Workshop during multiple quarters. A different member of the creative writing faculty teaches the workshop in rotation over six quarters, allowing students to experience diverse bodies of literary works as well as varied approaches to textual analysis and critique. Students are encouraged to work in multiple genres within and between pieces, to press the boundaries of genre, form, intertextuality, and narrative. Enrollment in this course is contingent upon the approval of the Creative Writing Advisor.