Intermediate Fiction Writing

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) Students will write and revise short fiction. A text on fiction writing will be assigned to support the reading and analyses of published fiction, including the following: developing characters, writing dialogue and managing point of view, as well as exploring techniques in narrative design in published stories. Students will also receive encouragement and constructive criticism from other writers in class, and develop the ability to criticize their own work. Contemporary authors such as Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, John Edgar Wideman, Louise Erdrich, Sandra Cisneros, Edwidge Danticat and Eudora Welty will be studied.