Introduction to Writing Fiction 202. This course introduces students to the techniques of writing and reading short stories through analysis of fiction written by students and published writers across time and the world. The course is half literary seminar and half workshop. Students study basic components of writing fiction such as plot, setting, characterization, point of view, metafiction, prose rhythm, and revision. To discuss these methods, they develop a lexicon to accurately discuss the mechanics of story writing.
Students also administrate and participate in a campus fiction reading.
Freshman Seminar in Writing 101. Students read essays, poetry, and fiction, in turn writing critical and biographical essays which explore how a writer's sense of place informs the content and forms of his or her message. Substantial revision is expected to be made on three essays which comprise the final portfolio, in addition to a short Reflective Analysis. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee . Introduction to Composition 101.