I like creative writing so I enjoyed this course (though I wish I could’ve written more stories). The lectures were once a week for three hours which was sometimes rough to sit through, but for the most part was okay. Even though there is a lot of writing, it is easy to get an A as long as you’re doing what the professor says and following the rubrics and such. I’m pretty sure just about everyone in the class ended with an A, and she provides good feedback.

At the beginning of the semester for about a month and a little longer we had to write these “reaction papers” for a provided short story that usually consisted of giving our thoughts on the writing, style, and whatever else. Not difficult. We also had these “in class discussion assignments” where we get a prompt and then write a short story response to it (I enjoyed these) and sometimes you collaborated with other students on these. You have to write a short story yourself, any genre or appropriate topic, between 2000-2500 words (she’s lenient if you’re a bit over) which I enjoyed. Also, every week we had to critique another student’s story by doing line edits and providing them with a critique letter, while also discussing the work in class together so get ready for some criticism (nothi...read more

Professor Kwadey was chill, funny, loved to talk, and made the class more enjoyable. Emphasis on the talking aspect, because a lot of the in person classes would be filled by talking about random stuff but it kept it humorous in a way. She also gave good and clear feedback on writing assignments, and was lenient on some things here and there. Also attendance was mandatory so don’t miss class.

Don’t do your writing last minute, especially your story that you write or the final portfolio. This class is likely one of the easier ones out of the other writing credit options, so I recommend (especially if you like creative writing)