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Experimental Writing Workshops
Depending on funding, each Spring the Writing Program offers several 200-level Experimental Writing Workshops. The Workshops are designed on the premise that writing can be playful, and play can be both creative and productive.
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The focus of the Workshops is writing.
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The emphasis is on experimentation, risk-taking, and the rewards they bring.
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The stress is on productive pleasure, not grades: all workshops are taken pass/fail.
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The classes are true workshops: they meet once a week in seminar style; enrollments are limited to 12.
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All workshops carry three elective credits.
Expeimental Writing students showcase their work at the Writing Program's annual Celebration of Writing.
Examples of past workshops include: Collaborative Writing; Experimenting with Text in Writing and Art; This Amherst Life; Writing Narratives for Radio; The Graphic Novel; Digital Storytelling; Poetry in Performance.
Spring 2010 Experimental Writing Workshops
Teachers in the Writing Program are invited to submit a proposal to teach one of these workshops. Since the Program encourages team-taught courses, they also provide instructors with experience in collaboration. For information about proposing a Workshop, click here.
