Humanities

Creative Writing Study Guide

Craft of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction — character, voice, structure, revision, and the writer's discipline.

Core topics in Creative Writing

Creative writing is hard to grade objectively. Students who confuse 'I felt inspired' with 'the prose works' don't improve — they just write more.

Fennie gives craft-level feedback on drafts — pacing, dialogue mechanics, scene structure — rather than vague 'be more vivid.'

No — and you wouldn't learn anything if it did. Fennie reviews your drafts.

Workshop adds accountability and peer reading. Self-study works if you're disciplined.

Yes — sentence-level critique on rhythm, clarity, and word choice.

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Logic, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology — the systematic study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, and value.

Academic writing — argument, evidence, organization, style, and the craft of persuasive prose.

Close reading of literary texts — poetry, fiction, drama — with attention to form, theme, historical context, and literary theory.