ENG6950YY L0101
Creative Writing Workshop
F-Term: Williams, I. / S-Term: McGill R.
Course Description:
A creative writing workshop in multiple genres. Students will submit their work on a regular basis for group discussion and workshopping.
F-Term Course Description
A sustainable creative writing practice operates in a cycle of writing, reading, revising, and sharing. In addition to workshopping, we focus on developing necessary capacities or traits that are essential to your success as a writer in the program and beyond. These capacities include self-discipline, curiosity, risk, vulnerability, empathy, courage, etc.
S-Term Course Description
As we workshop your writing this term, you’ll also have the chance to revise material and to develop your skills of authorial self-presentation. Meanwhile, we’ll consider contemporary literary culture and the publishing industry by way of readings, discussion, and guest speakers.
Course Method of Evaluation and Course Requirements
F-Term Components (50% of your course grade) (September 2023 to December 2023)
- Workshops and in-class activities: 30%
- 2 x 7/7 Project: 15%
- Iceberg Revision: 15%
- Blurb and Review: 15%
- Final Portfolio: 35%
S-Term Components (50% of your course grade) (January 2024 to April 2024)
- Class participation (20%),
- written peer feedback (5%),
- workshop submissions (20%),
- presentation (10%),
- portfolio and preface (45%)
Scheduling
Term: F-TERM (September 2023 to December 2023)
Date/Time: Monday / 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Room JHB TBA (Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street)
Delivery: In-Person
Term: S-TERM (January 2024 to April 2024)
Date/Time: Monday / 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Room JHB TBA (Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street)
Delivery: In-Person