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Creative Writing

Curriculum Overview

Creative Writers study story structure, poetry forms and writing techniques. In advanced classes, students perfect the craft of revision and learn from each other in workshop groups. Students organize and perform in our school-wide poetry slams and story slams, collaborate on plays and films, and contribute to and edit our literary blog and print anthology. [gravityform id="6" title="false" description="false"]  

Class Topics

Examples of Class Topics:

Creative Writing Survey
Creative Writing Survey is an introductory course where inexperienced writers explore multiple genres. Story structure, poetry forms, and writing techniques are explicitly taught and practiced through each genre.

Intermediate Creative Writing Workshop
At the intermediate level of Creative Writing, students continue the development of writing techniques in multiple genres.

Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
In the advanced level of the program, writers are given significantly more autonomy with the goal of fostering independent writers with original styles.

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