A workshop format is used extensively. Students analyze elements of several stories by exemplary authors. They also examine how these elements apply to the novel. Workshop II Students continue their writing, with a focus on beginnings, obligatory breaks, authority and pace, point of view, narrative voice and flashbacks. They identify the literature by others who illustrate an effective or intriguing method of dealing with the topic under discussion.
Students read and edit all workshop manuscripts and prepare critiques.
This workshop continues and extends the ongoing practice in writing and close reading of literary fiction. Students spend time on their manuscripts, discussing publishing pieces of fiction, performing exercises to hone in on trouble spots of the writing process, and preparing for a public reading of their work. The program consists of an Autumn, Winter and Spring Quarter workshop. Poetry Students who take these workshops acquire experience in planning, writing and revising a poetry manuscript, whether it's a new idea, a project in progress, or an already completed draft. The workshop consists of lectures and discussion of modern poets and their craft, in-class writing exercises, and analysis and discussion of each student's creative writing.