Introduction to Inspirational Writing – WRIT 305

Course Description

Rationale

Understanding the form and the function of inspirational writing is vital to appreciating its effect on society. This course will allow the student the opportunity to study the structure of inspirational writing as well as to produce inspirational writing.

Course Assignment

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (4)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will create a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. Each thread must be at least 200 words, include at least 1 scholarly citation, and demonstrate course-related knowledge with support from the course texts. In addition to the thread, the student will reply to the threads of at least 2 classmates. Each reply must be at least 100 words.

Foundational Writing Project Assignments (5)

The student will write a focused description for each of the following topics: Personal Philosophy, Audience, Character Review, Context, and a final submission Each of the first four assignments must be used to support the Final Submission, and lecture material must also be incorporated into each assignment. Each assignment has a required word count and must be submitted in Canvas, which uses Turnitin plagiarism review.

The Final Submission represents the student’s first attempt at a first chapter of an inspirational book, either fiction or nonfiction. The student will integrate what he or she has written in the Foundational Writing Projects as well as lessons learned in the textbook readings and in the lectures. This assignment must be 1,500–2,000 words and be submitted through the link in Canvas, which uses Turnitin plagiarism review.

The student will write a scene of at least 500 words that might feature in his or her manuscript. It should not be a scene the student plans to use for the final project, but it should be a scene the student could envision using at some point in his or her fiction or nonfiction manuscript. The student will use, regardless of whether he or she has chosen fiction or nonfiction, narrative techniques/building blocks that are commonly used in both genres.

The student will determine which publisher might be a good fit for his/her piece and write a book proposal with the following items: title, author biography, book description, overview of book/chapter summaries with titles, audience, author promotion and platform, competition, manuscript length, ship date/completion date.