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Professional Creative Writing (Professional Creative Nonfiction Writing), MA 

Professional Creative Writing (Professional Creative Nonfiction Writing), MA
 at 
DU 
Overview

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that employment for writers and authors is projected to grow 9% through 2030

Duration

18 months

Total fee

27.05 Lakh

Mode of learning

Online

Course Level

PG Degree

Professional Creative Writing (Professional Creative Nonfiction Writing), MA
 at 
DU 
Highlights

  • Earn a master degree from University of Denver
  • One-on-one career coaching and mock interviews
  • Prepare a role for Writer, Editor, Critic, Literary Journalist
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Professional Creative Writing (Professional Creative Nonfiction Writing), MA
 at 
DU 
Course details

Skills you will learn
What are the course deliverables?
  • Identify and analyze key elements of creative nonfiction writing
  • Define your audiences and write in ways that move and entertain them
  • Assess your own writing and learn how to enhance its strengths and eliminate its weaknesses
More about this course
  • You'll progress toward mastering the fundamentals of narrative nonfiction that connects with an audience while discovering and cultivating behavior to sustain your creative efforts
  • Capture the attention of your audience with creative nonfiction writing that sparks interest and inspires action
  • From personal essay to memoir, literary journalism to travel writing, find your voice and tell your story

Professional Creative Writing (Professional Creative Nonfiction Writing), MA
 at 
DU 
Curriculum

Core Courses

The Writing Life: Concepts, Practices, and Professionalism

Literary Genres for Writers

The Writers Workshop

Market Research for Writers

Professional Creative Writing Capstone Project, OR

Portfolio Capstone

Concentration Courses

Masterworks: Creative Nonfiction

Writing Creative Nonfiction: Foundational Concepts, Skills, and Practice

Writing the Personal Essay

Writing the Memoir

Elective Courses(Choose 3)

Natural Science and Literature

Literature to Film

Writing and Healing

Literary Translation: Crossing Borders to Enrich Your Own Writing

Children's Literature: From Picture Books to Books for Young Adults

Writing Books for Children

Breaking the Chains of Genre: An Exploration of Hybrid Literature

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Professional Creative Writing (Professional Creative Nonfiction Writing), MA
 at 
DU 
Faculty details

Joseph Hutchison
Joseph Hutchison (MFA in Creative Writing, University of British Columbia) is a Colorado Poet Laureate (2014-2019) and has published 19 poetry collections, including “The World as Is: New & Selected Poems”, “Marked Men”, and “Bed of Coals
Anne Dawid
Anne Dawid (Ph.D., University of Denver) teaches online, edits manuscripts and makes art in Westcliffe, Colorado, where she also writes fiction and non-fiction. Her three volumes of fiction and one volume of poetry can be purchased online.

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