Course Descriptions and Schedule
Interdisciplinary Studies in Writing Certificate Requirements
Four Units of any Writing Courses
May include Writing Workshops, an independent study (not to exceed one), Publishing and Professional Development courses, MCW 575 The Publishing Industry: Literary Presses and Journals, MCW 579 Practicum in Teaching Creative Writing, MCW 580 Practicum in Publishing, any graduate literature course, any MCW 490 elective course, or any other related courses identified by the SPS Graduate Office..
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MCW 413-0 : Fiction Writing Workshop
Description
The goal of this class is to revise material currently in progress, but don’t freak out if what you have right now doesn’t feel substantial or ready: you’ll generate enough to keep yourself going as we go forward. If you’re working on a longer project, I strongly encourage you to consider working material that could potentially be part of your thesis. If you're still feeling a little tentative, that’s OK! I’m excited to see what you’ll create---and excited too to see how the elements of craft we’re exploring here are in dialogue with your poetry and your non-fiction. You’ll still be writing stories here, though ??. As we revise, I hope that we all discover what practices work best for our own writing, so that we’re not just revising but also developing a deeper understanding of the strictures and demands of this recursive process. That’s all a super long way of saying that we’re revising, sure, but we’re also here to figure out how to revise---it doesn’t look the same for everyone, and it honestly doesn’t even look the same for the same person. It shifts from project to project, like everything else.
Summer 2025 | ||||
Start/End Dates | Day(s) | Time | Building | Section |
06/23/25 - 08/30/25 | W | 7 – 9:30 p.m. | 50 | |
Instructor | Course Location | Status | CAESAR Course ID | |
Martinez, Juan | Evanston Campus | Open |