ENGL 223: Introduction to Writing Creative Nonfiction

(1 Unit)
Prerequisite: English 101.
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. Brown, Mesa.