Creative Writing for Children's Literature
Course #: ENGL 304
Description:
This course introduces students to learning the craft of writing children's and Young Adult (YA) literature. Topics covered will include writing picturebooks, middle-grade fiction, and Young Adult literature, as well as learning to navigate the children's/YA lit publishing industry. Additionally, students will study literature for children and young adults as a basis for learning to write it. Through these readings, students will examine how critical analysis informs and enriches creative writing. Developing their writing, students will generate new material through frequent writing exercises and in-class workshops. By the end of the semester, all students will produce either a full picture book manuscript or the first 20-30 pages of a YA or middle grade manuscript.
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite: ENGL 210 or ENGL 211 or ENGL 212 or ENGL 300