ENG 49A Introduction to Creative Writing

Units: 3
Advisories: ENG 1A or ENG 2A with a grade of “C” or better.
This course is offered to the student interested in exploring creative writing in any genre, including fiction and non-fiction: short stories, novels, poetry, songs, plays, musicals, screenplays, television scripts, children’s books, autobiographies and memoirs, biographies, magazine and newspaper articles, features, reviews, and columns. Emphasis is placed on the conception and development of ideas, process of creative writing, elements and formats of specific genres of writing, benefits of practice in several genres, artistry employed by successful, established, and published authors, and constructive group criticism of work submitted for the course. (HBCU, UC, CSU, C-ID ENGL 200)