ADV FICTION WORKSHOP

Catalog description

This is a graduate workshop course focusing on the writing of original fiction. Students will present drafts for peer review and discussion and submit a portfolio of rigorously revised material at the end of the course. Class time will be devoted to critical analysis, innovative exercises, and publishing strategies. Students may workshop novels, novellas, short stories, and literary hybrids. Students will gain extensive experience in the workshop process and arrive at a voice, style and/or artistic approach that employs creative and critical faculties to create unique works of literature. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic and approval from the department chair and advisor.