Abstract:
Everyday we come across ideas, situations, places or people that could inspire us to write something about them, yet the opportunities often slip by us. Thus, a hypothetical college course has been designed with the purpose of encouraging undergraduate students to see the limitless opportunities in which to write. An excellent genre with which to do this is through the art of writing creative nonfiction. This course is titled, "A Journey into Creative Nonfiction – Just Write It." Through examining various forms of creative nonfiction, such as journals, memoirs, essays and features, students will be allowed to explore their writing capabilities and broaden their views on writing in general. This course includes sample lesson plans, a course syllabus and calendar, references and week-by-week materials for each class. The course provides students with a sense of the past, present and future of these writing forms and allows them to creatively make their own definitions of their writing. The essence of the project is to raise people's interest in writing on a consistent basis in order to better themselves, their readers and their world.
