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 USP-Piper Introductory Creative Writing Workshop
In collaboration with the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Arizona State University, the NUS University Scholars Programme is proud to bring to you the 2nd USP-Piper Introductory Creative Writing Workshop. The details are as follows:
Date: 6 June – 14 July 2007 (six weeks), two 2-hour meetings per week,
Time: Wednesdays (7-9pm) and Saturdays (10 am—12 pm).
The programme will be conducted in interdisciplinary workshop format.
Students will be introduced to the techniques of writing poetry and fiction. The first half of this interdisciplinary workshop will concentrate on poetry, focusing on the use of concrete language, sensory detail, image, form, voice and character. In the second half of the course, students will examine the techniques of fiction, including but not limited to: narrative arc, character, story, voice, point of view and structure. Students will complete various exercises and critiques of each other’s work in a workshop atmosphere as well as journal as they learn to be comfortable with and manipulate their own personal material. Readings will be assigned and discussed in class. By the end of the workshop, students will have completed three poems and one story and will include these in a final revised portfolio of their work. More details are provided in the appendix.
Instructors
Mr Max Doty and Ms Meghan Brinson are both advanced (third year) MFA students a14 March, 2008>
Application and Participation
Students from USP or ELL who are interested in creative writing should apply online by
Wednesday, 9 May 2007:
You need to submit in ONE file :
A short statement of at most 300 words stating your interest (and experience, if any) in creative writing &
A statement stating that, if selected, you will be committed to participating in the programme actively and fully (full attendance for the entire duration of the programme)
Selection will be based on interest in creative writing and commitment to participate fully and actively. This is an introductory course, no experience is assumed. Selected students will be required to submit an assignment, prior to the start of the course, so that the instructors will have a better idea of your writing. More information will be provided to students after selection has been finalised.
Selected students will be provided a poetry course pack and are also required to purchase the following (USP will assist in the order as it's not readily available in the bookstore) :
Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction : Fifty North American Stories Since 1970". ISBN : 0684857960, Price : $28.80
Only 16 places are available. Each participant can therefore interact very closely with the two instructors. This summer programme does NOT carry any NUS modular credit. There is no registration fee or any other charges (except for purchase of text). Meetings will be held at NUS.
Registration Link :
https://usp3.scholars.nus.edu.sg/ems/registrationUSP.jsp
Attachment must follow the below-mentioned naming protocol.
Attachment Filename = [Event]_[Student Name] (eg: CWW07_LingMingYi.doc)
Maximum filesize = 2MB
File Type = doc, pdf
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