TWSA100
Writing with Confidence
New to creative writing, or returning to it after a long absence? This course will demystify the writing process and introduce you to a variety of tools you can use to get words on the page. Over ten weeks, you’ll learn how to keep a notebook, freewrite effectively and use everything from prompts to your own reading to generate ideas. You’ll also tackle some of the blocks that are keeping you from making progress, and begin to build writing into your life in meaningful and sustainable ways. Add to that a supportive community and deadlines to keep you motivated and accountable and you’ll have everything you need call yourself a writer. Hello, writer!
Overview
Location: Online
Format: Self-paced within deadlines set by instructor
Duration: 10 weeks
Tuition: $628.95
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Upcoming Offerings
- Thu, Sep 5 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Sep 12 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Sep 19 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Sep 26 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 3 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 10 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 17 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 24 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 31 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Nov 7 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 3 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 10 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 17 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 24 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Oct 31 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Nov 7 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Nov 14 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Nov 21 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Nov 28 (self-paced all week)
- Thu, Dec 5 (self-paced all week)
What you will learn
By the end of the course, you will be able to do the following:
- Maintain a reliable writing practice that helps you meet your writing goals
- Generate ideas for writing projects
- Use your reading to inform your writing
- Take an initial idea through the stages of composition and revision
- Foster a writing community to keep you motivated and inspired
How you will learn and be evaluated
Each week you will:
- Read the weekly module
- Complete additional reading, as assigned
- Complete a writing assignment (approximately 500 words)
- Participate in a discussion based on your reading (approximately 250 words)
This course is graded using a competency-based grading scale.
Learning Materials
Required textbook:
Chesham, Andrew and Farina, Laura, eds. Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing. ISBN: 978-1-77214-184-9. Available for purchase from publisher.
Technical Requirements
For online courses, you will need a computer with audio and microphone that is connected to the internet. Canvas is the online system that will be used for the course. For more information and online support, visit Online Learning.