ENGL 1312 - Fiction Writing Studio

4.5 Credits

Students explore the elements of fiction, learning to develop voice, character, narrative tension, and dialogue, and continuing to explore such elements of POV and imagery. Students read and work in multiple genres, such as speculative fiction, contemporary realism, mystery, and romance. In addition to writing their own fiction, students critically read, discuss, and respond to published fiction and the fiction of other students.

Prerequisites: (1) ENGL 1310

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Use and evaluate the use of literary elements in fiction.
Compose fiction in various genres, such as speculative fiction, contemporary realism, or mystery.
Effectively communicate possibilities for revision in their own fiction and that of their peers, keeping in mind the possibilities for heightening the rhetorical effect of literary elements.
Revise in content and structure based on peer and instructor feedback.
Appropriately format, adhere to conventions of, and control surface features of fiction.

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