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English 231-71157 Creative Writing Fall 2014 Cuesta College San Luis Obispo

oo! "301 le#ture$ %is#ussion$ &riting$ an% &or'shop( )* 4*00-"*50

+rere,uisite* Co!pletion o English 201. &ith a /C or better 

nstru#tor )r( +at#hell tpat#hel#uesta(e%u use &isel Oi#e "220 627"7 Oi#e ours* also

 b appoint!ent )W 11-12 88h 10-11 W 3*30-4-30

)r( +at#hell has taught #ollege-level English #ourses ro! re!e%ial to a%van#e% sin#e

199" in a variet o settings* Cal +ol$ S(L(O($ East Los .ngeles College$ Loola

)ar!ount :niversit$ L(.($ an% )ount Saint )ar;s College$ L(.( e has been&or'ing &ith veteran &riting groups sin#e 2003 &ith )a6ine ong

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ra%es &ill be #al#ulate% as ollo&s* 70G inishe% &ritings 20G in-#lass &or'$ !inor

assign!ents$ an% parti#ipation rea%ing 10G Final

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e6pe#tations o assign!ent "9-"0 :nsatisa#tor 59-0 Fails to !eet e6pe#tations

+lease %o not !ista'e #reative &riting or an eas /. #ourse( +ro%u#ing &orth&hile

 poetr an% i#tion ta'es a lot o &or' an% s'ill(

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i#tion$ a poetr series$ or short %ra!a one a#ts$ or vignettes(

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.tten%an#e is re,uire%( 8his is a han%s-on #ourse$ so plan to atten% ever )on%a( .tert&o absen#es$ ou !a be %roppe% at the instru#tors %is#retion( this happens past the

%rop %ate$ ou ris' getting an >FA or e,uivalent in the #lass( +lease see !e about

e6tenuating #ir#u!stan#es( ou %o stop atten%ing the #ourse$ !a'e sure ou are nolonger on the roster(

+lagiaris!

Io not #op another stu%ent or &riters &or' or i%eaJsK an% sub!it it as our o&n or as

 part o our o&n( Io not have a ghost&riter %o our &or'( 8hese inra#tions !a result

in ailing the assign!ent$ the #lass$ or urther %is#ipline ro! Cuestas a%!inistration(

eneral Class Eti,uette

8his is a #ollege-level$ universit transerable #lass( e6pe#t all stu%ents to behave as part

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ele#troni# %evi#es$ %o not te6t or %istra#t oursel &ith !aterials unrelate% to the #lass(Eating$ &hether %one on the sl or blatantl$ &ill not be tolerate%( Eat beore or ater #lass

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rea%sM &e are all here to &or' &ith ea#h other(

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Stu%ent Learning Out#o!es

Enhan#e% s'ill in te#hni,ues or #reative &riting$ parti#ularl i#tion an% poetr

:n%erstan%ing that #reative &riting involves labor an% the abilit to re#ognie an%

e!bra#e inspiration

.n un%erstan%ing o the basi# ele!ents o i#tion &riting* Want$ Obsta#le$ Conli#t$

.#tion$ esolution$ JSho&ing$ E!otion$ evealing Chara#terK

.n un%erstan%ing o the basi# ele!ents that !a'e strong poetr* Con#rete i!ages$ grasp

o Figures o Spee#h$ 8ension an% Conli#t$ an% Current Stles o +oetr

+roi#ien# in presenting &or'$ &hether in person or through !e%ia

Enhan#e% #reative &riting #riti,uing abilit

.n a&areness o the larger &orl% o i#tion an% poetr &riting

JIailK Writing abits that outlast the #lass

. basi# 'no&le%ge o publishing &or' 

8his #lass also ai!s to help stu%ents i!prove their literar &riting en%eavors through

theor an% #rat$ an% to be#o!e #o!ortable an% proi#ient at e%iting an% re&or'ing

 pie#es in progress( .rtisti# &riting brings another !easure o value to lie$ an% this #lassassists in the %evelop!ent o that value(

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%is#ipline an% ti!e to !aster( We &ill tal' about te#hni,ue$ pro#ess$ an% ho& &riters &hohave been su##essul &or'( We &ill rea% other &riters$ but the e!phasis &ill al&as sta

on our o&n #rat&el#o!e to the #lassget rea% to &rite an% %evelop our artisti#

i%eas in a serious &or'shop o &or%sN