ENG 205, 206 - Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirement AR
Meets Explore Core requirement (students beginning Fall 2024 and later): CE
Meets requirement: W (when offered as 206)
In this course students will be introduced to the art of writing creative nonfiction. Creative nonfiction is a form of storytelling that employs the creative writing techniques of poetry, fiction and drama to retell a true story in a compelling, vivid and dramatic manner. There will be weekly reading and writing assignments that focus on various aspects of craft, such as showing and earning the right to tell, scene development, pattern development, psychic distance, point-of-view, dialogue and insight. The goal of the course is to create a writer’s community where students are actively engaged in the writer’s project: writing creative nonfiction, sharing their work with their peers, receiving helpful peer feedback, always talking about issues of craft and aesthetics. The course will culminate in a final portfolio. Satisfies Departmental “Prose” requirement.