Course schedule for the Popular Fiction Writing Graduate Certificate Program, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies - Northwestern School of Professional Studies

Course Descriptions and Schedule

Popular Fiction Writing Certificate Requirements

• Three Units of MCW Popular Fiction Writing Workshops
  (one may include an MCW 413 Fiction Writing Workshop)

• One graduate-level elective course

May include independent study (not to exceed one unit of independent study), a cross-genre course (not to exceed one unit of cross-genre), MCW 570 Seminar on Teaching Creative Writing, MCW 575 The Publishing Industry: Literary Presses and Journals, MCW 579 Practicum in Teaching Creative Writing, MCW 580 Practicum in Publishing, any Publishing and Professional Development course, any graduate-level literature course, or any MCW 490 elective course.

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MCW 413-0 : Fiction Workshop

Description

Students in the fiction workshops produce original work (generally two stories of 10-20 pp each, but this varies per instructor) that will be workshopped by the class, with at least one rewrite required by the end of the quarter. The workshop also includes craft discussions. Students will read and analyze the work of published writers by examining structure, point of view, style, dialogue, character development, and other elements of craft and technique to help hone their fiction-writing skills. (See syllabus for the focus of each particular workshop.)