ENGL 218W: Introduction to Writing Creative Nonfiction

1 unit
Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 101W or ENGL 102W with a grade of 2.0 or better, recommendation of student’s instructor in ENGL 100W, advanced placement in English or permission of instructor.
A study of creative nonfiction in its various forms. Discussion of the ways in which writing creative nonfiction (memoirs, personal essays, etc.) differs from journalistic writing and the ways in which it employs lyrical and fiction-writing techniques. Students will write and revise their own creative nonfiction (minimum 30 pages). Requires written critiques of fellow writers’ work and extensive reading in and writing about contemporary creative nonfiction. D. Brown, Mesa