MALA 61213 Novel Writing 101:Form, Theory, and Practice of the Novel
This course is for students who have wanted to write a novel for a long time (or who have recently come up with an idea for a novel) and who want to stop dreaming about it and start writing. Students who take this course will compose three chapters (15-20 pages each) of a first novel and do a detailed outline of the remaining chapters. Students will read selected work about creative writing, particularly about novel writing, including Ann Lamott's Bird by Bird:Some Instructions on Writing and Life, John Rember's MFA in a Box, and John Gardner's On Becoming a Novelist.