OWC 306 A — Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Dominic Russ-Combs
Date(s): Jan 16—Mar 20
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Thursdays
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Class Meeting Time: 6:00—7:00 pm (PT)
Tuition: $1240
Refund Deadline: Jan 19
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 14
Status: Registration opens Dec 2, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Winter
Day: Thursdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 6:00—7:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 16—Mar 20
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $1240
Refund Deadline: Jan 19
Instructor(s): Dominic Russ-Combs
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Enrollment Limit: 14
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Dec 2, 8:30 am (PT)
Course Prerequisite: Students must have completed OWC 305: "Novel III." This course is not open to the public, but rather by admission only. For more information on the Online Writing Certificate Program and its application process, please click here.
This last core course will allow students to make sure their manuscript is in the best shape possible. The focus will be on drafting missing sections, redrafting chapters that workshops in the previous courses have shown to be problematic, performing line editing, or taking on any other activities the instructor and student feel will best advance the completion of the manuscript. Students will each create an individualized plan of action during the first week, then be placed into small groups where the instructor will facilitate the exchange of significant sections of the manuscripts in progress. Chat and bulletin boards will allow students to receive support from both the instructor and their peers on process and good work habits, and to exchange words of encouragement. The goal is for each student to enter the One-on-One Tutorial having already received the feedback of several peer readers.
This last core course will allow students to make sure their manuscript is in the best shape possible. The focus will be on drafting missing sections, redrafting chapters that workshops in the previous courses have shown to be problematic, performing line editing, or taking on any other activities the instructor and student feel will best advance the completion of the manuscript. Students will each create an individualized plan of action during the first week, then be placed into small groups where the instructor will facilitate the exchange of significant sections of the manuscripts in progress. Chat and bulletin boards will allow students to receive support from both the instructor and their peers on process and good work habits, and to exchange words of encouragement. The goal is for each student to enter the One-on-One Tutorial having already received the feedback of several peer readers.
DOMINIC RUSS-COMBS
Author
Dominic Russ-Combs’s fiction has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, The Kenyon Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and elsewhere. His poetry and creative nonfiction have appeared in Third Coast and Indiana Review. He received an Emerging Artist Award from the Kentucky Arts Council and a PhD in English from Texas Tech. He was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.