Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

ENG 3960 - Creative Writing Workshop: Fiction II


Upper-division instruction and practice in fiction writing, with attention to the work of contemporary and canonical writers and a focus on craft. Students create and revise original works of fiction with an eye toward publication beyond the classroom.

Requisites: ENG 3610
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to create new works of fiction that refine their independent literary voice.
  • Students will be able to connect their lived experience with their literary practice.
  • Students will be able to utilize literary strategies in fiction and connect and adapt them to other types of writing.
  • Students will be able to assess works-in-progress and communicate their feedback.
  • Students will be able to articulate and apply approaches for improving works-in-progress.
  • Students will be able to apply feedback to revise works in progress.
  • Students will be able to reflect on the nature and purpose of their work and their ongoing development as writers.
  • Students will be able to develop their work in light of the publishing standards found in contemporary American literary culture.


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