001: Carney | Tu/Th 3:30 PM – 04:50 PM
002: Homsher | Tu/Th 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM
001:
What’s your story? In this introduction to fiction writing, students will study the basics of storytelling technique to inform the telling of their own. Over the semester, students will read a broad variety of story genres, perspectives, and forms to learn essential elements of fiction like characterization, voice, setting, world building, and point of view. Students will practice the techniques through weekly generative writing exercises and informal experiments, and by the end of the semester, write, workshop, and revise one full-length story.
002:
In this course, students will create original works of fiction, which they will submit for their classmates for critique. It will be a rare opportunity for student writers to directly engage with their audience by having face-to-face interactions with their readers. There are few spaces like this for writers, and the feedback students get from their peers in a community space can be one of the greatest gifts an emerging writer can receive.
This course introduces students to the craft and critique that characterize creative writing, both as a discipline in the English Department at the University of Cincinnati and as a profession. Over the course of the semester, students will cultivate disciplined, consistent writing habits. The course also strives to create a literary community, in which students discuss published works from a writer’s perspective and learn to provide constructive feedback to help each other grow as writers and improve their work.