LW220 Why I Write, Why I Create 3CR

An introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing for the Artist. Reading, discussions, and writing exercises will focus on best practices of this contemporary literary form including nature and environmental literature, travel, food, and adventure too. In-class writing exercises are designed to generate the first material for essays. Course includes weekly critiques and re-visioning essays. First essays will concentrate on experimental forms that encourage artist to work at the intersection of word and image or visual art. Final project will encourage the integration of work in art and design majors with one work in creative nonfiction writing.. [Formerly Titled: Creative Nonfiction]

Prerequisites: LW100

Lecture

Undergraduate Elective
Fall