This course concentrates on the process of writing poetry. Students will draw from their individual experiences to create poems that are clear, arresting and well-crafted.
This course concentrates on the process of writing poetry. Students will draw from their individual experiences to create poems that are clear, arresting and well-crafted.
Students will develop an ear for the musicality and resonance of language, a clear sense of image, and a consideration of audience.
Poems written by students will be read and discussed by the instructor and students in a workshop.
Learning Activities
Classes will be conducted in the workshop format. The following may be combined with the workshop:
Founded in 1970, Douglas College is the largest degree-granting college in British Columbia, Canada, educating close to 25,000 students per year. The College has two major campuses in Metro Vancouver (New Westminster and Coquitlam) as well as several smaller training centres in Surrey, Burnaby and Maple Ridge.
With both main campuses directly on SkyTrain lines, Douglas is one of the most accessible post-secondary institutions in Metro Vancouver, drawing students from across the region.Douglas offers the most bachelor’s degrees and post-degree programs of any college in B.C., and is noted for combining the academic foundations of a university with the career-ready skills of a college.
Each year, close to 17,000 students (including 4,210 international students from over 92 countries) take for-credit courses at Douglas. Because of the college’s strong academic base, the majority of these for-credit courses transfer to different research universities in B.C. and across Canada, providing students with flexible pathways to reach their academic goals.
Douglas also offers hundreds of short-term, high-quality non-credit courses, programs and workshops to around 8,500 students through Continuing Education and The Training Group, in areas such as business, music, health, perinatal, career development, industry training and more.
Over 960 experienced, teaching-focused faculty bring both academic rigor and real-world experience to the classroom at Douglas. Outside the classroom, over 900 other employees work together to create a friendly, inspiring, supportive and respectful environment.
Using a workshop format, this course develops students’ imaginative writing skills and cultivates productive writing habits
Our Writing Workshop course is a workshop-style masterclass that helps you quickly and efficiently improve and perfect your short stories and novel chapters through live, in-person support.
Unearth the creativity within you in this introductory course in creative writing.
If you're just getting started as a writer and haven't yet decided on a literary direction, this course gives you the opportunity to try a number of different genres.
This course will ask the writer to share their ideas of humanity through a variety of styles such as journal entries, poetry, play scripts, fiction, and non-fiction storytelling.
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