The Power of Storytelling

1-3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

The aim of this course is to intensively study the craft of fiction by evaluating texts, completing writing exercises, and producing fiction. In this course, students will become familiar with many styles and forms of fiction; students will further define their voices as writers and learn to critically regard their own work as well as the work of their peers. Specific focus will be given to literary voice, point of view, structure and plot, and character development. Stories will be discussed, critiqued, and revised; by the end of the course students will possess a broad awareness of the strategies and styles employed by successful contemporary writers of fiction.