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Creative Writing

*What Creative Writing Is

Writing that expresses ideas and thoughts in an imaginative way. The writer gets to express feelings and emotions instead of just presenting the facts.

*Examples:

*Novels

*Poems

*Songs

*Screenplays

*Short Stories

*What Creative Writing Is Not

*ALL academic writing!

*Journalism

*Expository writing

*Textbooks

*Technical Writing

*Expectations

*Please refer to syllabus

*Grading

*Tests/Major Writing Assignments 40%

*Presentations/Quizzes 25%

*Homework 10%

*Weekly Creative Journals 10%

*Participation/Classwork 15%

*Weekly Journals

*Every week you will be given a random creative writing prompt – you will have that school week to produce a one page written response to the prompt that will be due every Friday by 3:15!

*The prompts are designed to be fun, and spark creativity, however, I do realize writer’s block happens, that’s why you have a week – it’s ok to just think!

*Major Writing Assignments

*This course is designed as a writer’s workshop style course to maximize the opportunities I have being one person, to assist many of you.

*The idea is to make the best use of classroom time, so you have less work to do on your own time (because you all have lives, right?)!

*This is a major expectation and time spent in the classroom will factor into your overall assignment grade.