Irvine Valley College

Online Creative Writing Workshop

Writing 10 - Introduction to Creative Writing

Spring 2012 - Ticket # 64580

Marjorie Coverley Luesebrink, MFA, Instructor

Welcome to the Class!!

Your experience in this class will be richer if you familiarize yourself with the materials for the course - look around the pages, see what we are doing, and be sure to e-mail me if you have questions!  

Online Orientation Page

More About the Class

Contact your Instructor

The Menu for getting around in the class materials will always be at the bottom of the page - it will look like this:

  About Your Class // Class Syllabus // Workshop Pieces // Weekly Writing Exercises // Lecture Notes // Reading List // Recommended Reading // Assignments // Grading Policies // Contact Your Instructor // Announcements // Discussion

You will also want to note where to access the discussions:

Discussion Group  

 

We shall have a wonderful time together!  

Let's Get Started!!

The Online Creative Writing Workshop//Writing 10 is a beginning class in writing techniques for fiction, poetry, or drama.  Students will participate in online discussions, read and critique weekly writing exercises and workshop submissions, and write weekly exercises.  

This class requires a substantial amount of reading and writing, so you might want to make sure that you have sufficient time to spend to insure a valuable experience and improve your writing!

 

Week 1:  Introductions and Orientation  - January 9 - January 15

Week 2:  Creating Images and Characters - January 16 - January 22

Week 3:  Which Live In and Out of Time - January 23 - January 29

Week 4:  And have a Room of Their Own - January 30 - February 5

Week 5:  With a Style You Like - February 6 - February 12

Week 6:  Filled with the Light of Truth - February 13 - February 19

Week 7:  Point of View I. - February 20 - February 26

Week 8:  Point of View II. - February 27 - March 5

Week 9 & 10:  Point of View III. - March 6 - March 18 (Includes Spring Break)

Week 11:  Default Assumptions - March 19 - March 25

Week 12:  Plotting - March 26 - April 1

Week 13:  Beginnings and Endings - April 2 - April 8

Week 14:  Rewrites - April 9 - April 15

Week 15:  Dialog - April 16 - April 22

Week 16 & 17:  Review and Workshop Favorites - April 23 - May 8

 

Enjoy the Magic!

 

Marjorie Coverley Luesebrink, MFA, your Instructor, is a Professor of English in the School of Humanities and Languages, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, California.

See Online writing at Home Page.

About Your Class // Class Syllabus // Workshop Pieces // Weekly Exercises // Lecture Notes  // Reading List // Recommended Reading // Assignments // Grading Policies // Contact Your Instructor // Announcements // Discussion