Course Description
With guidance from a faculty mentor serving as thesis advisor, students will focus on final writing, revising, editing, and submission of the thesis manuscript.
Athena Title
Nonfiction Writing IV
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Prerequisite
JNMW 6000E or JNMW 6001E or JNMW 6002E or JNMW 6003E or JNMW 6004E or JNMW 6005E
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
During the intense ten-day residency part of the semester, students will participate in several seminars focusing on helping them transform themselves into working and publishing writers. During the distance-learning component of the semester, with guidance from an assigned faculty mentor, students focus on final writing, revising, editing, and submission of the thesis manuscript.
Topical Outline
I. Understanding the role of the writer in the publishing industry, including how writers function in newspaper, magazine, and book publishing, as well as world wide web production, and emerging technologies. II. Understanding the role of agents in the selling of long- form narratives. III. Understanding the role of contests and festivals in the writing process. IV. Developing a nonfiction book proposal. V. Completing the thesis manuscript.