Creative Writing

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Karen J. Ford, Program -Director

(541) 346-3944

CRWR 199 Character and Point of View (1) June 23–27. Learn how writers create real characters that involve the reader. Whose story is it, which character should tell the story, and what does your character desire Barnard.

CRWR 199 Fiction Workshop (4) June 23–July 17. Concentration on student fiction writing. Prereq: CRWR 241 or equivalent. Kepka.

CRWR 199 Plot, Narrative Drive, and Structure (1) July 7–11. Examines three separate, yet interdependent, elements of fiction and the options and obstacles they present to the writer. Barnard.

CRWR 199 Poetry Workshop (4) July 21–August 14. Concentration on student poems. Prereq: CRWR 243 or equivalent. Brown.

CRWR 199 Style, Detail, and Dialogue (1) August 4–8. Explores how style derives from words chosen and sentences crafted; how dialogue defines character. Barnard.

CRWR 199 Time, Scenes, and Flashbacks (1) July 21–25. Examines the elements of scene, summary, flashbacks, backstory, and transitions. Barnard.

CRWR 410 Writing TV Drama (4) June 16–20. Replicates the intensive experience of the “writers’ room” on a TV drama. Students conceive, pitch, and develop a portion of a script. Cassutt.

CRWR 503 Thesis (1–16R)

CRWR 601 Research: [Topic] (1–12R) June 23–August 15. Prereq: instructor’s consent.

CRWR 605 Writing and Conference: [Topic] (1–16R) June 23–August 15. Prereq: instructor’s consent.