Prerequisites: Restricted to MC-DMST students only.
This course enhances students' abilities to craft compelling non-fiction, longform narratives. Building on foundational storytelling skills, students learn advanced techniques of topic selection, story structure, and character development. The course emphasizes a self-directed approach, encouraging students to manage projects from initial ideation through completion. By the end of the course, students will have developed original content that reflects their personal interests and creativity.
Outcomes: Produce a longform, non-fiction narrative that demonstrates advanced storytelling techniques, including effective topic selection and story structure; Create multi-dimensional characters that enhance the narrative and engage the audience, employing advanced character development strategies; Plan and execute a self-directed storytelling project from initial ideation through to completion, demonstrating effective project management skills; Articulate the creative process behind their original content, including the challenges faced and solutions implemented during project development; Evaluate and critique both their own work and that of peers, identifying strengths and areas for improvement in non-fiction storytelling techniques.
This course enhances students' abilities to craft compelling non-fiction, longform narratives. Building on foundational storytelling skills, students learn advanced techniques of topic selection, story structure, and character development. The course emphasizes a self-directed approach, encouraging students to manage projects from initial ideation through completion. By the end of the course, students will have developed original content that reflects their personal interests and creativity.
Outcomes: Produce a longform, non-fiction narrative that demonstrates advanced storytelling techniques, including effective topic selection and story structure; Create multi-dimensional characters that enhance the narrative and engage the audience, employing advanced character development strategies; Plan and execute a self-directed storytelling project from initial ideation through to completion, demonstrating effective project management skills; Articulate the creative process behind their original content, including the challenges faced and solutions implemented during project development; Evaluate and critique both their own work and that of peers, identifying strengths and areas for improvement in non-fiction storytelling techniques.