ENG 186 - Introduction to Creative Writing II (3 cr.)

This course is the second part of a two-semester, multi-genre foundational sequence required for all English Writing Arts majors. Students will progress beyond fundamental principles learned in ENG185, expanding and deepening their knowledge and applied practice of creative writing to include increasingly complex concepts and conventions of technical literary craft. This course emphasizes topics including structural forms, sequential action, temporal strategies, patterns and meaning, setting, individual style and voice, audience concerns, and the writer’s life. Student writings will develop through multiple revisions to finished products in the four genres: poetry, drama, fiction and creative nonfiction.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG185.
Semester(s) Offered: Once or twice per year