ENC 3310-003 - Spring 2026 - Udeh-Ubaka

ENC 3310 Article and Essay Technique: Creative Non-Fiction Workshop is an introductory course in the craft of creative nonfiction, a genre that employs prose craft techniques to present truth, fact, experience, and memory. In this course, we will focus on the voice and hearts of our creative works: what stories are worth telling? What speaks to us and why? We will think about writing as an art separate from us and yet part of us. We will learn to read like writers, with an eye for detail and nuance. We'll address questions of memory, perspective, and the elusive concept of objectivity while reading writers both living and long dead. Students will develop a clear understanding of point of view, ethics, pacing, temporal arrangement, voice, and structuring. Because creative nonfiction encompasses a wide range of forms, including memoir, personal essay, lyrical essay, literary journalism, profiles, science writing, nature writing, travel writing, biography, cultural criticism, queer criticism, and more, expect to engage with multiple modes of nonfiction by writers whose identities, histories, and perspectives may align with or differ from your own. No topics are off limits—including, but not limited to: sexuality, gender, queerness, the body, violence, race, religion, etc. Please be advised that some material may be triggering. We will also study works that reflect on the craft of nonfiction, and you will produce your own pieces of creative nonfiction no less than fifteen pages and no more than twenty to be workshopped in class.