Advanced Creative Writing Course Offered Spring 1

Do you have a novel, chapbook, memoir, or screenplay you want to finish? Palmer Campus will be offering Advanced Creative Writing (ENG 242) in the classroom during Spring 1 so you can do just that. This course differs from Intro to Creative Writing (ENG 238), which focuses on experimenting in four different genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and screen/scriptwriting. In Advanced Creative Writing, you will work on one of these genres: 

• You get to pick one project to work on for the entire class. 
• You can work on your novel, memoir, chapbook, or screenplay. 
• You set your goals. What do you want to achieve in this semester? 

The class will help you meet those goals through:

• Warm-up exercises
• Structured writing time
• Practice with literary elements in your work
• Revision suggestions, guided readings, support from other writers
• Instructor feedback

You will also learn about how to market your work as a professional writer through creating a platform, finding an agent, working with editors, and submitting your work for publication. We will also discuss self-publication options. You will learn about the writing profession.

The prerequisite for the course is ENG 101. The course meets Tues/Thurs 11:30-12:55 and also has an online workshop for further feedback from other students.  This course is part of the Certificate in Professional Writing.