Austin Community College
Summer 2008 - ALL COURSES
Course Descriptions All Courses Classroom Courses Distance Learning Courses
Updated: 07/04/2008 16:40:19
CREATIVE WRITING
5 - 1/2 Week Session May 27 - July 2
ENGL 2307 Creative Writing
E+ [14/15] 17292 Lec 004 RGC 314 TTh 6:00pm - 9:40pm OH Beach, Elva
17292 Prose Concentration: Fiction and Non-Fiction Required: ENGL 1301.
9 Week Session May 27 - July 27
ENGL 2307 Creative Writing
E+ [14/15] 16175 OPC 001 PCM Orientation req. See Open Campus OH Scanlon, Elizabeth
16175 - POETRY Concentration - Required: Internet access & ENGL 1301. For MANDATORY
online orientation information - E. Scanlon, 567.1192, email escanlon@austincc.edu
during the 1st week of class.
E+ [11/15] 16176 OPC 002 PCM Orientation req. See Open Campus OH John, Arun
16176 - PROSE Concentration: MEMOIR - Required: Internet access & ENGL 1301. A.
John, 223.1795 x26226. For MANDATORY online orientation information email ajohn@austincc.edu
during the 1st week of class.
11 Week Session May 27 - August 12
ENGL 2307 Creative Writing
E+ [15/13] 16506 OPC 003 PCM Orientation req. See Open Campus OH Garza, Roy
16506 - SCREENWRITING Concentration - Required: Internet access & ENGL 1301. R.
Garza, 223.1795 x 2567. For MANDATORY online orientation information rgarza@austincc.edu
during the 1st week of class.
ENGL 2307 Creative Writing
Instruction in literary writing: prose, poetry, screenwriting and drama. Topics may vary. Possible markets for creative writing to be discussed.
Screenwriting--Students study and analyze the process of writing for film by examining story concept, theme, characterization, structure, and script formatting, and by creating synopses and treatments. Students write a screenplay.
Play Writing--Students study and analyze the structure of different styles and movements of theater and how it differs from film and other genres of the written word. Students edit and critique plays, and write a one act play or 2 fifteen minute scenes.
Poetry--Instruction in literary writing: poetry. Genre may vary. Possible markets for creative writing to be discussed.
Prose--Instruction in literary writing: prose. Genre may vary. Possible markets for creative writing to be discussed.
Writing Children's Literature--Instruction in literary writing, with focus on writing for children. Topics include studying classic children's books, writing various genres from picture books to chapter books, and understanding the children's book industry.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1301.