WRIT 336: Forms & Techniques
 
in Long Creative Nonfiction

Calendar Description:

A lecture course surveying long forms of creative nonfiction.

Recent Summary:

Writing 336 is a lecture course which investigates specific samples of longer forms in creative nonfiction. The course opens with a review of the genre, origins of the nonfiction form and exploration of writing techniques and problems with respect to specific texts. You will learn how to write a proposal and chapters for a book specified as CNF.
 
Course Goals: This course takes you beyond the roots of contemporary CNF to explore practical problems in creating a work of nonfiction, beginning with your own subject-area and ideas; you will envision a proposal and then follow through with actual chapters for a book. You are expected to explore the publishing of creative nonfiction in Canada in order to assess and critique its practices and products. By the end of the term, you will be able to research publishing options, write a nonfiction proposal and create two sample chapters for a publisher.