WRT 212
Offical course description:
This course provides students the opportunity to practice writing literary short fiction. Through attention to the elements of craft in this creative form and a range of prompts, students learn to develop their appreciation for the short story genre and explore new possibilities for expression. Short fiction assignments will follow prompts to create shorter and longer works that will focus on elements of craft including, dialogue, character development, plot, and flashbacking. Attention to word choice, avoiding cliché, and developing strong characters will be practiced within the genre of short literary fiction. Students work toward creating and revising two original short stories that, together, reveal an emergent creative voice. This course is a program elective for the English major and minor, the Writing minor, and the Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities major. This course also meets the Creative Arts Experience requirement in the Core Curriculum. 3.000 Credit hours
Student description:
This course allows you to write short fiction. You get a creative outlet with the short stories you write and allows you to grow as a writer. You can get opinions from other writers makes you a better writer with the feedback you can add to your stories.