Instr:                          Carolyn Kott Washburne
Office:                       CRT 574,     229-2709,  off-campus: 961-1995; FAX: 961-1971
Instructor's mailbox:   CRT 4th floor;
Class mail slot:           CRT    5th floor across from elevators
Instructor's off-campus office: Washburne Literary Services, 4465 N. Oakland Ave., Shorewood,  WI 53211-1662
e-mail:                        ckw@uwm.edu
Office hours:              W 3:30-4:30 or by appointment

Course Information:          W 4:30-7:10 pm  BOL B83

Course Description

In this course students will write in a number of creative nonfiction formats, including the personal experience article, personal
opinion essay, review, and profile as well as a researched article using a creative nonfiction approach.  The course will cover using fiction techniques, such as metaphor, dialogue, voice, and point of view, to make the nonfiction writing more eloquent and dramatic.  The course will also cover how to get nonfiction work published.  Course requirements:

Undergraduate
Letter (400-1000 words)
Personal experience article or personal opinion essay (500-1500 words)
Review  (400-1500 words)
Profile (1000-2000 words)
Informational article: Rabout,S service, how-to or round-up (1500-2500 words)
Query letter
Student's choice assignment any length
Present one of your own a manuscripts to the class.  This involves reading portions of the work out loud and receiving feedback and evaluation from other members of the class.
Give a five-to-ten-minute presentation to the class on some aspect of creative nonfiction (e.g. interview a working writer, publisher or agent and report on it to the class; attend an author's reading/book signing and report; report on current bookselling trends, etc.)
Participate in an in-class manuscript discussion group.

Graduate
Letter (400-1000 words)
Personal experience article or personal opinion essay (1000-1500 words)
Review  (1500-2000 words)
Profile (1500-2500 words)
Informational article: about, service, how-to or round-up (2000-3500 words)
Student's choice assignment, any length
Final paper linking what you have learned in this course with your graduate coursework to date.
Present one of your own manuscripts to the class.  This involves reading portions of the work out loud and receiving feedback and evaluation from other members of the class.
Give a five-to-ten-minute presentation to the class on some aspect of creative nonfiction (e.g. interview a working writer, publisher or agent and report on it to the class; attend an author's reading/book signing and report; report on current bookselling trends, etc.)
Present a ten-to-fifteen-minute report to the class summarizing your graduate studies and describing the career you are preparing for.
Participate in an in-class manuscript discussion group.

PREREQUISITES:
Undergraduate
Junior standing and six credits in writing courses or consent of the instructor.

Graduate
Enrolled in English or other graduate program.

TEXTS:
Required:  Class Reader available at Clark Graphics
Recommended:  Any works from the Suggested Readings list in this Class
Reader.