CW221

This cross-genre and workshop-based writing course takes as its focus specific concerns of crafting and reading shorter work, including compressed narrative and narrative fragments. Students will read published writing, analyze literature, write original material and offer feedback for the work of their peers. They will gain familiarity with the conventions of the traditional short-story as well as flash fiction, (a.k.a. the shortshort,) short poetry forms, the ten-minute play, the one-page essay or editorial, the conte, and micro-formats, including social media and the nascent art of serialized literary work delivered in microinstallments via hand-held technology as either self-published material or with indie or corporate representation. Assigned readings will model successful writing, articulate aesthetic values, and offer a platform for discussion and debate. Students will complete a final project which may take the form of a portfolio, creative work with an analytical explication, an anthology with a contextualizing introduction, or other comprehensive work spanning creative, analytic and intellectual processes and production. This course counts as a studio elective for all other areas of concentration.

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland