Creative Writing 1

Module 1:

1: Lorca and El Duende.

2: Zines: History.

3: Making a Zine A

4: Making a Zine B

Module 2:

5: Intro to Poetry and List Poems.

6: Imagery and Metaphor.

Module 3:

7. Poetry: Density and Intensity

8: Writing a Ballad.

Module 4:

9. Mary Oliver.

10: Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Sonnet.

Module 5:

11: Speak Memory..

14. Memoir Part 2.

Modules 6,7 and 8:

Class lectures for Modules 6,7,8 are available only on Canvas as they use copyrighted materials.

Module 9:

12: Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules for Writers.

Module 10:

13: Dialogue

13: Dialogue Formatting.

14: Memoir 4: Fact and Truth

15: Toni Morrison and Walter Benjamin.

16. Wisdom of TS Eliot, Soren Kierkegaard, and Marcus Aurelius.

17: Craft Topics.

18: Character as Desire

19: Character as Image and Voice

20: Pittsburgh

21: Words of Wisdom from Ron Koertge.

22: Story and Plot.

Election Day Thoughts.

23. Story as Power Struggle.

24. Interior Monologue.

25. Fiction Workshop Piece.

26. Drama and Fiction.

27: Dialogue and Sound in Drama.

28: Graphic Novel Script 1

7: Poetry Intro 2: Iambic Pentameter and Line Breaks.

11. Confessional Poetry

12. Ekphrastic Poetry.