W301 10163 WRITING FICTION
Samrat Upadhyay

REQUIRES PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

9:30a-10:45a TR (15 students) 3 cr.

In this course you will not only read and analyze works of writers
from the past and the present, including your own colleagues', but
also learn to articulate your analytical skills in written critiques
and class discussion. More importantly, you will produce your own
writing (a total of 45-60 pages, stories of varied lengths), a
process which will help you understand, experientially, how various
aspects of the story come together to give it organic unity. You
will read an anthology of international short fiction, representing
a variety of styles and concerns, as well as a story collection and
a craft book. Overall, this will be a stimulating course, in which
you will be consider and reconsider your own approaches and methods
through reading and critiquing and writing.

To apply, place a 10-15 page writing sample in my mailbox in BH 442,
along with a cover sheet listing your name, email address, previous
creative writing classes and a brief paragraph stating your reasons
for wishing to enroll in this class. Apply early, well before your
registration date. Once admitted, you will need to get an on-line
authorization from a secretary in Ballantine Hall 442.