RC Creative Writing to offer new Detroit-based creative writing mini-course, Writing in the D. In this 8-week course, U-M students and students from various Detroit Public High Schools will work on improving their writing skills through writing short fiction. Classes will consist of impromptu writing exercises, online character sketches, online responses to readings and in- class discussions. With the exception of the first session, all classes will be taught in Detroit at the UAW-Ford Center on Woodward Avenue near Cobo Hall.
The class will offer a unique opportunity to experience the city through the eyes of its students and to share the process of creating fiction.
**The first class will be held in Ann Arbor on October 4, 2014 and meet weekly thereafter in Detroit on Saturdays, ending November 22. Students are able to take the UM Connector. The class will run from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays.
For further info contact Lolita Hernandez lolahern@umich.edu
