CRW 233 Writing the Self, Growth, and Change
In this class, students will read published works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction by authors who have used the art of writing to explore stories of healing, recovery, growth, transition, and change. Students will also examine research addressing the benefits of creative writing for recovery and mental health. Working carefully with the instructor through generative exercises as well as drafting, revision, and review, students will identify their topic or topics to explore further, and learn to make choices about genre, structure, perspective, and style, to discover the best ways to shape their stories for themselves and for a reader at this time. By the end of the term students will have completed their own portfolio of work about the self, growth, and change.