About

This generative course gives students the opportunity to write in three different literary genres: fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Students will learn basic skills used to create literature, as well as the craft fundamentals used in the three genres: Story, scene, and character in fiction; imagery, figurative language, and sound in poetry; memory/meaning, action/reflection, and writing-through-discovery in nonfiction.

Throughout the session, students can expect a combination of lectures, in-class writing exercises, short reading activities, and informal discussion.

Previous experience with creative writing is not necessary.

Instructor Bio: 
Janee J. Baugher is the author of Coördinates of Yes (Ahadada Books) and The Body’s Physics (Tebot Bach), and she holds an MFA from Eastern Washington University. Her creative writing has been published in over 100 literary journals, including Tin House, The Southern Review, The American Journal of Poetry, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry, Boulevard, Nano Fiction, and The Writer’s Chronicle. Since 1999 Baugher has taught creative writing in primary and secondary schools, at arts camps and libraries, and at colleges and universities. Additionally, she’s held editorial positions at several journals, including Willow Springs, Switched-on Gutenberg, and StringTown, and she’s currently a poetry reader for Boulevard. http://JaneeJBaugher.wordpress.com