This course continues from the foundation of ENGB357 to develop students’ critical reading and writing skills. Various genres of creative writing will be practiced throughout the course, usually including fiction, poetry and life writing. The focus is on students’ creative production, in both individual and in group work. Students will draft and polish their work with a goal of publication and/or performance, and they will present creative portfolios at the end of the semester.

By the end of the course students will have created a coherent body of original work, demonstrating some outcomes, including: 1. Rewrite a literary text in one genre so that it conforms to the conventions of another (eg a poem to a short story or scripted dialogue). 2. Work effectively in groups to compose a creative text. 3. Describe experiences on which they have reflected. 4. Write compelling texts using imaginary characters and settings and plots. 5. Revise and rewrite earlier drafts to make more polished final products.