NWRW
2625

Pick Up Your Pens: Kickstart Your Writing Routine

Schools of Public Engagement: Creative Writing

Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Kickstart Your Writing Routine
Summer 2024
Taught By: Jessie Sholl
Section: A

CRN: 1267

Credits: 3

Writing is largely a matter of habit (to paraphrase Flannery O’Connor), yet it’s not always easy to maintain a consistent writing practice. This course offers a supportive push for writers of all levels toward creating and cementing that habit. For both fiction and nonfiction writers, and at any stage of a project—from facing a blank page to a completing a draft of a story—we’ll use exercises, writing prompts, and a constructive critiquing process to improve our writing practices as well as our work.While the focus is on loosening up and kick-starting our creativity, the exercises in this course connect to and explore important features of both fiction and nonfiction writing—including description, voice, character, plot, and revision—as well as ways to apply them to current and future projects. We also read pieces by acclaimed writers about process. By the end of the course, each student has a good start on a new piece or have a clear direction in which to take a piece they’d already begun—and have a solid foundation for a regular writing practice.

College: Schools of Public Engagement (NS)

Department: Creative Writing (CRW)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: Online - Synchronous

Max Enrollment: 18

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: June 17, 2024 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: July 25, 2024 (Thursday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:58pm EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday, Thursday
Times: 6:00pm - 7:50pm
Building: Online Course
Room: 999
Date Range: 6/11/2024 - 8/1/2024