The course creative writing goals are:
- To collaboratively create a well-detailed, truly immersive world including its social, political, economic, and technological structure
- To create of unique, well-rounded characters with individual attributes, abilities, and motivations, and have these characters interact in realistic ways
- To experiment writing in first and third person POV, paying close attention to style and tone of the scenes based on the character, setting, and situation
- To learn how narrative functions across media
- To provide and accept constructive criticism and incorporate this feedback into revised work
- To publish work on the Internet for public viewing and feedback
The technical skills to be introduced/developed include:
- Google Docs for creating and collaborating on writing exercises
- Wiki creation and maintenance for the inventory of people, places, things in the created world, and as a repository of story narratives
- WordPress blogging service for writing responses to course texts, including embedding hyperlinks and media into web pages
- Image, audio, and video editing software as time and student interest allow
