ENGL 318 - 001

Regular Academic Session

1190

Undergraduate

3 units

Graded Alpha

This course will discuss the techniques of fiction writing and will offer guidance in writing some works of original short fiction.

Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the critical skills necessary for discussing, analyzing and formulating arguments about fiction, and will produce original short stories.

Multicultural Class

Artistic Knowledge and Experience

This is a multicultural class. Five Beginnings, One Ending. Starting a story or a novel is not unlike standing at the edge of a cliff. Both can be terrifying. There are many reasons to not dive into that project. My ideas are terrible, one might think. Or, I don¿t know where to begin. Or, Is this really a good time to start something new? In this course, we¿ll hold hands at the cliff for moral support but also to push each other off (gently). Some might tiptoe. Others might cannonball. And still others might swan dive into that abyss. But no matter our varying degrees of fear, we will, without a doubt, leave that ledge and land on our feet as better writers and better risk-takers. For the first five weeks, we¿ll analyze notable beginnings and ask questions, such as: What propels the story forward? What stings us? What questions are being raised that can¿t be easily answered? Then we¿ll write five propulsive and perhaps unrelenting beginnings of our own. The goal isn¿t only to practice the ¿art of diving¿ but to have five projects already in free-fall, so we¿ll have things to work on, long after the course¿s end. The final 10 weeks will be focused on developing one of those beginnings into a polished story or chapter. So the question is: Is this a good time to start something new? The answer is: always.

Nami Mun

Mo 2:45PM - 5:15PM

01/13/2025 - 04/26/2025

In person

Lake Shore Campus

Lake Shore Campus

Closed

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