The Craft of Creative Writing is designed for students who are new to creative writing or who would like to return to the fundamentals of craft. Through frequent writing assignments, assigned readings, and collaborative discussions, students familiarize themselves with a variety of styles and approaches, exploring a range of literary genres, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, and journalistic prose. Students are expected to hone their skills in creative practice, to revise and take risks with their work, and to cultivate their habits of close reading and peer feedback.
Optional live session times will be announced.
You have the option to enroll in the individual course without committing to the entire Certificate in Creative Writing, enjoying the flexibility and expertise offered by Penn LPS Online to suit your schedule and interests.
*Academic credit is defined by the University of Pennsylvania as a course unit (c.u.). A course unit (c.u.) is a general measure of academic work over a period of time, typically a term (semester or summer). A c.u. (or a fraction of a c.u.) represents different types of academic work across different types of academic programs and is the basic unit of progress toward a degree. One c.u. is usually converted to a four-semester-hour course.
Instructors
- 2017-2018 Digital Studies Fellow at Rutgers University-Camden
J †Johnson (they/them) is the author of Janky Materiality: Artifice & Interface (punctum books, 2025), The Book / Or / The Woods (punctum books, 2021), and Trouble Songs: A Musicological Poetics (punctum books, 2018).… Read more
- Poet, prose writer, artist, editor, and teacher
Laynie Browne is a poet, prose writer, artist, editor, and teacher. She is the author of 17 collections of poems, three novels, and a book of short fiction. Her recent books of poetry include: Everyone & Her Resemblances (Pamenar, 2024), Intaglio Daughters (Ornithopter 2023), Practice Has No Sequel (Pamenar 2023), Letters… Read more
