Spring 2027

Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry Workshop

An introduction to creative writing focusing on fiction and poetry workshops, featuring readings of writers as models.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Kathryn Harlan

Grading emphasized effort and visible improvement over the semester rather than raw talent. Weekly sessions included open discussions where a few students' short stories or poems were critiqued.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Communicate the techniques of creative writing.

  • Develop the creative and technical skills necessary to conceive, execute, and revise original literary work in the relevant genre/s (fiction/poetry/playwriting/creative non-fiction).

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

  • Use reliable research sources; apply the writing process to develop ideas into papers, presentations, or projects; follow discipline-specific conventions for organization and formatting; and share work in writing and at least one other relevant mode of communication.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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First Year, freshman or sophomore standing only

  • First Year, freshman or sophomore standing only
ENGL 207 used by

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  • First Year, freshman or sophomore standing only

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AERON PARKS is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATHRYN HARLAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PHOEBE KRANEFUSS is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 150
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LEC 005Classroom Instruction0 / 150
LEC 006Classroom Instruction0 / 150
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 150
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 150
LEC 007Classroom Instruction0 / 150
LEC 008Classroom Instruction0 / 150
LEC 009Classroom Instruction0 / 150

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Phoebe Kranefuss

This course focused on learning to understand and write creative writing, featuring a good balance of readings. Students described it as a small, discussion-heavy class that offered many opportunities to share work and improve skills.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 92.2% A/AB (n=102 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=137 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=130 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Kathryn Harlan

Grading emphasized effort and visible improvement over the semester rather than raw talent. Weekly sessions included open discussions where a few students' short stories or poems were critiqued.

Past student reviews · Phoebe Kranefuss

Phoebe Kranefuss provided a personable, discussion-section-like environment. One student noted they talked a lot but felt they greatly improved as a writer while having fun.

Topics

  • Fiction writing, poetry writing, and analysis of model writers.

Skills

  • Techniques for fiction and poetry writing, including conceiving, executing, and revising original literary work.

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.05 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ENGL 207 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry Workshop

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
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