ECA Creative Writing class
The mission of the ECA Creative Writing Department is to help each student find and develop his, her, or their unique writing voice. Toward this end, students take classes in Poetry, Fiction, Journalism and Screenwriting. Other writing genres offered in the past that may also be offered in the future include: Playwriting, Memoir/Personal Essay, Humor, Flash Fiction, Writing for Performance, Monologue, and Live Storytelling.
Weekly writing exercises encourage students to explore different forms, styles, and techniques. Writing workshops teach students how to read and discuss each other’s work constructively, with the aim of helping it through the revision process and, ultimately, to completion. Students learn to identify directions worth pursuing in early drafts, as well as how and what to cut, refine, or expand upon.
Reading of contemporary literature (poetry, fiction, flash fiction, journalism, essays, memoirs, plays, and screenplays) as well as the study of other contemporary arts are all used to encourage students to stay open to their own possibilities, and to the work of other students.