3 credits

This course is aimed at developing students’ basic skills needed to be a creative writer. The students read and write 3 kinds of narrative genre, namely poetry, fiction (short story), and creative non-fiction (true stories well told). The learning process includes critical reading, discussion, fiction and nonfiction writing. In this course, the students will recognize several basic instructions in creative writing such as characterization, plot, structure, perspective, setting, dialogue, pace and rhythm, tone, style, symbolism, figurative language, and use of language.