#creative writing classes

me: wow. i feel a little bad for my teachers. they have to read everything i write about hamlet, and it's usually a lot

me: i ought to give her a break for this one. i already subjected her to a lot of hamlet discussion in my last assignment

Creative writing is the most essential skill that is needed for writing content like stories, novels, articles and blogs. This skill creates a way or a path for many things like vast audiences and proper display of the talent of content creation.

On October 15th, 11AM - 6:30PM Eastern, join reference librarian Melody Steiner for our new webinar - Research Skills for Fiction Writers!

Melody will walk you through the How Tos of research techniques, exploring ways research can be an engaging and exciting process for narrative creators, covering topics such as:

The Importance of Research for Creative Writers

Navigating libraries and resources

Finding and evaluating sources

Online research techniques and pitfalls

Synthesizing information

Information literacy

Organizational tools

and much more!

Writers will leave this webinar confident in their understanding of research techniques, how to integrate research into their narratives, and more comfortable navigating the resources available to them.

The price is $75 – $100, and if you can't attend live you can register to get the video later. Scholarships are available!

What to Expect from Creative Writing Classes

I've attended one creative writing class in college and it was one of my favorite classes ever. Since I've only taken the one and don't plan on getting a degree in creative writing (at least not right now…), I can't speak for all the classes you'll take, but I can almost guarantee that an intro class, and probably many other classes, will include four things:

Writing prompts and exercises to allow you to explore your style, try new ideas, and have a starting point to jump off of when you write a longer or more refined piece.

Studying published works by other authors, as a means of teaching various techniques and elements of a good story, poem, or other piece of writing, and also to learn about what you like as a reader.

A longer writing project, which may be a short story, a collection of poems, or other prose. You'll likely present a first draft and then at least one revised edition. In an intro class, this project is likely to be of your own choosing, rather than having to write about a particular thing. In a more advanced course, your requirements could be more specific.

Peer reviews: this is the scariest and also arguably the most important part of creative writing classes! In the class I took, my classmates and I reviewed each others' big projects and took about thirty minutes per writer to discuss each piece as a class. (My class size was about 16 people, so those of you at larger universities will probably have different experiences than me.) This is of course so you can get feedback, but also so that you can learn how to give feedback to other writers.

Last week researchers published some pretty exciting findings for artists. We can set ourselves up for a hot streak by exploring genres and styles, then mastering one. After chronic illness changed how I write, this is wonderful news. #WritingCommunity

Last week was an exciting one for artists interested in scientific studies of creativity. Researchers (Lu Liu, Nima Dehmamy, Jillian Chown, C. Lee Giles & Dashun Wang) published an article in Nature demonstrating that most artistic hot streaks are preceded by exploration as artists try out numerous forms and media. The researchers define exploration as a period of intense “experimentation [as…

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Me: ...I made it gay.

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