CREATIVE WRITING
Mon/Thurs 4pm
Prof. Lorenz



Office Hours:
Dickson 359
Office Hours: Mon 11:30-12:30, 5:15-6:15pm, and by appt.
Phone: x7318
E-mail: lorenzj@montclair.edu


Description of Course

We will focus on poetry writing and short fiction writing.
We will develop certain tools of craft. We will challenge ourselves to re-invent our language.

Required Texts

HANDBOOK OF POETIC FORMS, Padgett
IMAGINATIVE WRITING (Penguin Book), Burroway

Grades

There will be between 9 and 11 short assignments throughout the semester. I will give specific guidelines for each assignment.

Coming to Class

Your participation is vital to the success of classroom discussion! Please come to class prepared to talk about the readings and especially to discuss our writing drafts during workshops.


4 unexcused absences are grounds for a grade reduction. 6 will result in failure.
Arriving consistently late to class will also lower your grade.
(An excused absence requires a note from a doctor or some other kind of documentation showing me that you could not come to class for reasons of an emergency nature.)

Integrity of Work

Any work that has been plagiarized will result in failure for the semester. Any work you turn in must be your own. When you borrow ideas or words, you must give that person credit - or else do not use that information. You may receive help from other students, from the Writing Center, or from myself, but the writing must be your own writing.

This is just to say...

I am your teacher, I am the one who will evaluate your work. But please keep this in mind: I AM HERE TO HELP YOU. Please talk to me when you have questions or concerns, if you need help, or if you simply want to chat about our readings!