Course DescriptionThis course is designed to give students the opportunity to think and write creatively. My goal as the teacher of this course is to encourage you to love writing and to guide you as you hone your craft. It is through writing that life becomes more meaningful, and words can inspire, encourage, entertain, shock, stir thinking, empower revolutions, and make the world a better place. I hope to inspire you to create such meaningfulness in your writing. This class is the beginning for you to be a poet, a free- lance writer, a story-teller, an essayist, a non-fiction writer, or whatever you choose to become as a writer. There will be many options presented to you as we explore different writing genres.
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Projected Units of Study
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What is Creative Writing?Creative writing is anything where the purpose is to express thoughts, feelings and emotions rather than to simply convey information. Creative writing is expressed in many forms and like any art, should be crafted, honed and enjoyed by the reader and the writer. Click on the Daily Writing Tips above for more...
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“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
-Anton Chekhov |
Strive to be Creative.“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath |
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
- Maya Angelou |