ABAC OFFERS CREATIVE WRITING CLASS THIS SPRING
Anyone who enjoys making up or telling stories may want to enroll in the Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction
and Creative Nonfiction (HUMN 1100) class that will be offered this spring
semester at Abraham Baldwin College. The one-credit-hour class will meet on Wednesdays
from
Sandra
Giles, an assistant professor of English in ABAC’s Division of Humanities, said
the class is targeted toward anyone who writes fiction or nonfiction or anyone
who thinks he or she might like to give it a try.
“I really hope some people from the
community will audit the class or even take it for credit,” Giles said. “I know
there are a lot of people who write, and I’d like them to share their work and
their experiences with the regular ABAC students, and maybe get a community of
writers started--a group of like-minded people who like to write and talk about
stories.”
In the class, students will read,
write, discuss, and learn techniques for writing fiction and nonfiction.
Students can concentrate on one area, or they can work in both. Traditional and
experimental types of fiction will be discussed. Students can write in all
lengths: chapters from novels, short stories, and short-shorts. The main text
for the class will be Stephen King’s On
Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.
“People are
often confused by the term ‘creative nonfiction,’” Giles said. “That is the
term commonly used, but it is sometimes called ‘literary
nonfiction’--nonfiction that is written to be read and enjoyed as literature,
rather than informative journalism, argumentation, or analytical scholarship.
Creative nonfiction can include memoir, explorations of a person or place,
philosophical explorations, nature writing, family histories, and much more.
The word ‘creative’ is in the name because creative nonfiction borrows
techniques from other types of creative writing. But it’s still nonfiction, and
it’s one of the most popular types of creative writing today.”
For more
information, contact Giles at (229) 386-7179, or e-mail her at sgiles@abac.edu. Prospective students can
also visit her web page at www.abac.edu/sgiles.
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