https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/L_ELBALES104Creative writing offers students an opportunity to approach the object of their study from a new perspective: that of writing rather than reading. The objectives of this course are (1) to train students to read literary texts with an awareness of the writers’ poetic and narrative strategies, (2) to teach students to actively apply such literary techniques in their own writing of literary texts, (3) to introduce students to different theories on the relation between the writer and the meaning of the text. The course trains students' writing skills, aiming to foster a regular writing practice and a playfulness in approaching the act of writing that will sustain students' creative and academic writing practices throughout their curriculum. The seminar setup of a small writing community also trains students in drafting and revising their texts, as well as in providing constructive feedback on each other's work.The course combines the reading of literary texts in English, with an eye on the authors' poetics, and the fostering of a practice of creative writing in which the studied techniques are used by students in their own literary texts.2 seminar meetings of 2 hours each per week.Written assignments. An average grade of 5.5 is required to pass the course.To be announced.This module is part of the BA track Literature and Society: English. Participation by students from outside of this track is not possible.There is a slightly different enrollment procedure for this module. The standard procedure of the Faculty of Humanities has students sign up for (i) the module, (ii) the form of tuition (lecture and/or preferred seminar group), and (iii) the exam. However, for this module the instructor will assign the students to the seminar groups. Therefore, students should sign up for (i) the module, but not for (ii) the seminar groups.Attendance in the course seminars is compulsory. If you are absent at more than 20% of the seminars, you cannot pass the course. Exceptions may be made in grave personal circumstances. Make sure to inform both your lecturer and the student advisor in such cases.Students must have participated in Literary Theory (L_ELBALES101).Students must check the course's Canvas page regularly for announcements.