What does it take to write effectively with passion and purpose? How can writing serve as a tool for creating positive change? This class--geared towards writing for professional and academic audiences-- will explore the strategies, skills, and techniques used by effective writers. Students will develop two major writing projects (3-5 pages each) that may include research papers, persuasive or expository essays, feature articles, interviews, reports, blogs, or other genres. Throughout the course, students will maintain a reading, writing, and research log. They will also prepare a brief report on grammar, style, and usage, and present a short reading or presentation of their work. Students will read short essays on various topics and issues, along with a text focused on writing style and usage. They will post brief reflections on effective writing, reading, research, critical thinking, and communication skills. The course will include seminars, writing workshops, prompts, and exercises. Students of all levels must be motivated and able to work independently, while also committing to intensive collaboration in peer-editing groups. Students will move their projects through multiple drafts, give and receive feedback, and foster a learning community aimed at benefiting everyone and promoting positive change.
Class meets on the Olympia Campus, Tuesdays, 6-9 PM (All level, beginning and intermediate)
Can bet taken with "Write On! Telling Effective Stories for Fiction and Creative Non-fiction Writers (Thurs. 6-9 PM) Courses will build on each other and are project, skills and research based.
Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:
4 - Academic and Professional Writing
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Academic Details
Writing for professional or academic audiences, business, leadership, literature, language, communications, education, history, community research, cultural studies, public, community, and human services, social sciences, political and social discourse, natural history, environmental and diversity studies, society, politics.