{"id":2,"date":"2012-07-06T19:58:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T19:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-02-25T03:59:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T03:59:03","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the early 1980s, Goucher College\u2019s undergraduate Creative Writing Program has helped to launch careers for many students and alumnae\/i, e.g. <strong>Darcey Steinke<\/strong>, <strong>Jenn Crowell<\/strong>, <strong>John McManus<\/strong>, <strong>Talley English<\/strong>, and <strong>Laura Tims<\/strong>.\u00a0 We are determined to do all we can to help those students who have the talent and drive to get their first foothold in the profession.\u00a0 Students who want to experiment with creative writing for personal growth and better understanding of other human beings are equally well served by our program\u2014and the skills they acquire have a very broad application in the outside world.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Creative Writing Program Alumnae\/i<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/lauratims-e1549578444512.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/lauratims-e1549578444512-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-471\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-471'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goucher.edu\/prepare\/success-stories\/laura-tims\/\" \/>Laura Tims <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/edgar.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/edgar-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/edgar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/edgar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/edgar.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-461'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgarkunz.com\/\" \/>Edgar Kunz <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/jenncrowell.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/jenncrowell-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-476\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-476'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jenncrowell.com\/\" \/>Jenn Crowell<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/darcey.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/darcey-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-477\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-477'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darceysteinke.com\/\" \/>Darcey Steinke<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/johnmcmanus.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/johnmcmanus-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-478\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-478'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/johnmcmanus.net\/\" \/>John McManus<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/talley-english_new-photo.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2019\/02\/talley-english_new-photo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-468\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-468'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/pandeliterary.com\/pl_author\/talley-english\/\" \/>Talley English<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2022\/03\/4476980758934814-gabby-rivera-profile-picture.two-thirds.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2022\/03\/4476980758934814-gabby-rivera-profile-picture.two-thirds-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-527\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-527'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gabbyrivera.com\/\" \/>Gabby Rivera <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2022\/03\/Sarah-Pinsker.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/files\/2022\/03\/Sarah-Pinsker-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-529\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-529'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sarahpinsker.com\/\" \/>Sarah Pinsker <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Our offerings at 100 and 200-level are devoted to basic craft training, but with considerable freedom for students to choose their own subjects and approaches.\u00a0 At 300-level students are encouraged to work on longer projects: novels, story cycles, poetry collections, as well as to refine individual poems, essays, and short stories. Goucher\u2019s faculty is unusually generous with independent study opportunities for advanced students\u2014these one-on-one relationships are likely to be editorial as much as tutorial and usually involve professional counseling as well as advice on publication.\u00a0 The bar for thesis is set high; a creative writing thesis director must be reasonably confident that a book of publishable quality will be completed.<\/p>\n<p>We offer a major in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goucher.edu\/learn\/undergraduate-programs\/professional-and-creative-writing\/\">Professional and Creative Writing Major<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Creative Writing students at Goucher choose from a broad selection of courses:<\/p>\n<p>WRT 108 <strong>Introduction to Creative Writing: Mixed Genres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 120 <strong>Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 202 <strong>Short Story Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 205 <strong>Introduction to Poetry Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 207 <strong>Creative Screenwriting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 208 <strong>Journalism Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 226 <strong>Creative Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 305 <strong>Intermediate Poetry Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 306 <strong>Intermediate <\/strong><strong>Fiction Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 307 <strong>Intermediate <\/strong><strong>Creative Nonfiction Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 317 <strong>Screenplay Adaptation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 414\u00a0<strong>Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 415\u00a0<strong>Advanced Poetry Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 416\u00a0<strong>Advanced Fiction Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WRT 420 <strong>Fiction Workshop with Kratz Center Writer in Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Qualified students may continue with WRT 499, independent study; and\/or WRT 495, honors thesis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/kratz\/\">Goucher\u2019s Kratz Center for Creative Writing<\/a> provides various kinds of support to creative writing students, including funding for writing-related summer projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Elizabeth-Spires\/e\/B001H6GBYA\/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1443280472&amp;sr=8-1\">Elizabeth Spires<\/a> (poetry, children\u2019s literature) author of <em>Wavemaker, The Mouse of Amherst, <\/em>and many more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Madison-Smartt-Bell\/e\/B000APP3MU\/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1443280386&amp;sr=8-1\">Madison Smartt Bell<\/a> (fiction, nonfiction, biography) author of\u00a0 <em>All Souls\u2019 Rising, The Color of Night,<\/em> and many more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?i=stripbooks&amp;rh=p_27%3ABill+U%27Ren&amp;s=relevancerank&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;text=Bill+U%27Ren&amp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2\">Bill U\u2019Ren<\/a> (fiction, screenwriting) <em>Winter in Tirane<\/em> (as Jiri Kajane), <em>1296 Hits, Tortilla Flat<\/em> (film adaptation) and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgarkunz.com\/\">Edgar Kunz<\/a> (poetry), author of <em>Fixer<\/em>, <em>Tap Out<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sarahpinsker.com\/\">Sarah Pinsker<\/a> (fiction, science fiction), Nebula and Hugo Award Winner.<\/p>\n<p>Websites:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/kratz\/\">http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/kratz\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/\">http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/workshop-sampler\/\">http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/workshop-sampler\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the early 1980s, Goucher College\u2019s undergraduate Creative Writing Program has helped to launch careers for many students and alumnae\/i, e.g. Darcey Steinke, Jenn Crowell, John McManus, Talley English, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/creativewriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}