COD Offers New Online Version of Intro to Creative Writing this Fall

Posted August 09, 2011 11:00 pm

COD News Bureau

College of DuPage is offering a new online version of English 2250: Intro to Creative Writing for the first time this fall.

During this 16-week, 3 credit-hour class, participants discover and develop their writing talent in several genres. Student create original fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and drama; experiment with various forms and styles; criticize and revise their own work; and read and examine the works of well-known writers for insight and inspiration.

This course is taught by English Professor Tom Montgomery-Fate, who is the author of five books. Fate's most recent non-fiction work, “Cabin Fever: A Suburban Father's Search for the Wild” (Beacon-Press, June 2011), was identified as a “must-read” book for Father's Day in USA Today. Fate's collection of introspective essays on living life more deliberately has received attention from a wide variety of media, including a recent interview on WTTW's “Chicago Tonight” and an article and excerpt in the Beacon Broadside.

For more information about the online Introduction to Creative Writing course, call Fate at (630) 942-3291 or e-mail montgome@cod.edu. Students can register for this course at http://myACCESS.cod.edu (English 2250-NET01).

For more information on fall Creative Writing courses, click here.

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