ENGL4550 · English

Topics in Creative Nonfiction: Writing for Magazines

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

In this advanced creative nonfiction writing course we practice and study the craft of magazine writing. We will write and read a variety of articles, features, profiles, reviews, columns, essays, etc. and work on professional skills, such as pitching a story and interviewing. We will also consider models provided by accomplished journalists, by reading their work and by having them in for class visits. A variety of writing assignments, workshopping of student prose, and discussion of assigned reading are regular features of the course's workload.Admission to this course is by permission of instructor on the basis of manuscript submission. Please submit up to 8 double-spaced pages of writing, which can be an entire piece, part of a longer piece, or a compilation of shorter ones. You can explain the nature of what you have submitted in an accompanying note, and please also list any writing workshops you have already taken. Be sure to include your name and email address. Materials should be submitted to Carlo Rotella via email (rotellca@bc.edu) before the date on which registration for the next semester begins. Students will be promptly notified by email as to whether they have been admitted to the course.Materials submitted after the first day of registration will still be considered if there are any open seats remaining.