Course Overview:

This one-week course focuses on writing short, powerful vignettes, drawing inspiration from personal experience, and imagination. Students will learn how to craft stories that capture a moment, character, or feeling in a concise form. By the end of the week, each student will have created a portfolio of 3-4 polished vignettes, demonstrating their development as storytellers.

Course Goals:

To introduce the concept and craft of writing vignettes: short, vivid, self-contained stories.

To develop students’ ability to capture a moment, mood, or character in a few well-chosen words.

To experiment with different narrative styles, voices, and perspectives.

To refine writing through peer feedback and revision.

To create a portfolio of 3-4 vignettes suitable for publication or further development.

Required Materials:

Notebook or digital writing device (for in-class writing exercises).

A portfolio binder or digital folder (for collecting final vignettes).

Suggested readings (provided by instructor).