In the second week, the class will jointly critique stories and get practical advice on submitting stories, publishing and the business of writing. What makes writing come alive on the page? The second week will be devoted to supportive and constructive workshop discussions. Are you inspired by fairytales, mythology, fantasy, science fiction, ghost stories or dreams? Do your characters sometimes have magical abilities? This workshop is for writers interested in exploring modes of storytelling other than realism while simultaneously learning how to strengthen all of the traditional elements of fiction.
How do we create characters so alive we can feel them breathing? How do we build tension from the first lines? In playwriting, students will have the opportunity to write and develop their own, original scripts. Starting with writing prompts, students will learn how playwrights nurture their own ideas into fully realized theatrical experiences. Students will have the opportunity to see and read scenes from famous plays, and then take their own ideas and out them into action.
We will constantly stress that theatre is to be seen, and thus, students will integrate all facets of theatre —acting, lighting, set design, and costume design- into their scripts. All scripts will be read, discussed, reworked, and performed.
The goal is to have our students not only develop an appreciation of dialogue, but also to leave the workshop with a script they further develop and perform. Consider a strange form of writing In this course, we will study the three-act structure of film as a medium, then use our understanding of that structure to craft screenplays of our own.
We will explore the use of tone, character voice, dialogue and action as vehicles to drive our scripts. By the end of the class, each student will have created a concept, written an outline for a full feature and penned three sequences from that film one from each act. Stand-up comedy has the power to heal and renew, validate shared experiences, counterbalance bigotry and reach people who would otherwise be unwilling to listen.
By the end of the workshop, each student will have a stand-up set that they can perform for the class. What keeps the self visible and how does self-revelation serve our own poem making? Conversely, what does withholding the self do? What types of selfhood are possible in a poem; what dimensions? Which strategies work for introducing or building the complexities of who we are in our work? Each student will take one core course for the duration of the session.
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You also have the opportunity to participate in a workshop that teaches you to present your work and listen and critique the creative writing of others. And, most of all, you will meet and socialize with like-mided creative writers and faculty. Berkeley Students: Two 3-week creative writing courses count as one course for the Creative Writing Minor.
This course in creative writing focuses on the craft of reading and writing creative nonfiction. The course emphasizes an introduction to craft—how creative nonfiction is generated, what its elements are, and how finished pieces work—which students will explore through careful study of models by published writers, and through writing and revising their own short pieces.
This two-unit creative writing course on the short story emphasizes an introduction to craft—how short stories are created, what their elements are, and how the finished pieces work—which you will explore through careful study of models by published writers and through writing and revising your own original pieces generated for this class.
College Writing N is a creative writing course offering an introduction to the craft of dramatic writing through the study of works by professional playwrights and through composition and revision of your own playscripts. You will come to understand dramatic writing as an art and as a set of skills; you will receive an introduction to some of the elements involved in the creation of written scripts.
Particular emphasis will be given to the work of generating and revising writing and, to a lesser degree, for the screen. This is a practical and personalized class that will help writers workshop and perform their creative work.
Open to multiple genres--fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry--we will discuss how to ask good questions to and integrate feedback from peers in workshop.
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