Creative Writing

Chester Derequito

I. Intro
II. Creative Influences (Week 2 and 3)
III. Objects and Subjects (Week 4 and 5)
IV. The Writing Technique (Week 6)
A. Fiction & Creative Non-Fiction (Week 6 and 7)
a. PDC Format
b. Routine-Disruption Technique
c. MFA Creative Writing
d. Objectifying the Subject
e. Subjectifying the Object
B. Freytag’s Framework (Week 8 and 9)
a. Exposition (Conflict, Character, Setting)
b. Rising Action
c. Climax
d. Denouement
e. Resolution
f. Fake Ending / Plot Twist
V. Perceiving Conflict in Stories (Workshop)
1. Routine-Disruption Technique
2.
VI. Poetry Writing
1. Images
2. Close Reading

Week 1
Orientation

Week 2
Module 1. Literary Genre and Creative Influences (

Week 3
Activity / Presentation = Creative Influences

Week 4
Module 2. Object and Subjects

Week 5
Presentation / Writeshop 1 = Ang Aking First Time

Week 6
Module 3. Writing Techniques (Fiction and CNF)

Week 7
Module 4. Writing the Story
Writeshop 2 (Fitting the perfect Pair) = Peer Evaluation (pairing): Text Bleeding 2
Week 8
Module 5. The 3-Part Structure

Week 9
Writeshop 3 = Peer Evaluation (pairing): Text Bleeding 2

Week 10
MIDTERM EXAM

Week 11
Module 6. Intro to Poetry Writing

Week 12
Writeshop 4 = Poetry Writing: First Draft

Week 13
Module 7. Close Reading

Week 14
Module 8. The Language of Poetry

Week 15
Module 9. What’s Free on Free Verse?

Week 16
Writeshop 5 = Poetry Writing: Images

Week 17
Anthologizing Literary Compendium

Week 18
FINAL EXAM