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About the Popular Fiction Curriculum During the first two semesters, popular fiction students work with Stonecoast fiction faculty according to an individually designed program, designed to challenge and enhance your skill and talent and bring out the unique qualities of your popular fiction. Students in these semesters will concentrate intensively on a range of strategies for popular fiction including plot; suspense; character; setting; dialogue; point of view; and narrative persona. The Stonecoast curriculum requires students in these semesters to read deeply in popular fiction and its roots, as well as writing and revising their own work. Popular fiction faculty guide students to explore novels and stories from all eras. Stonecoast’s flexible curriculum allows students to write imitative annotations in the style of various writers as well as brief, focused critical papers. Third semester students round out their understanding of the craft of popular fiction with a third-semester enhancement project. Stonecoast's six possible academic emphases (craft, creative collaboration, literary theory, publishing, teaching, and social action/community service) allow a student to pursue nearly any deeply held intellectual or artistic passion as an enhancement project. Recent enhancement projects in popular fiction have included documentation of the development of a novel into a computer game, analysis of the generic differences between popular and literary fiction, and research and documentation of the founding of a regional support organization for writers of popular fiction. Stonecoast offers students in popular fiction a unique combination of in-depth knowledge and aesthetic breadth. Stonecoast faculty publish in the areas of fantasy, romance, science fiction, speculative fiction, thriller, mystery, and historical novel. Special workshop opportunities for popular fiction during the residency, in addition to the ongoing Fiction Workshop, include Master Classes for graduating seniors and half-residency elective workshops in student-driven topics. Each residency, a remarkable range of presentations by Stonecoast faculty and visiting writers addresses topics in fiction with in-depth discussion or writing exercises. Recent presentation topics have included Genre Is Not a Four-Letter Word, Putting the Pop Back in Pop Fiction, and What We Can Learn From Harry Potter. A lively mix of visitors add their energy to the residencies; recent and scheduled visitors include Zoe Archer, Michael Kimball, and Jenny Siler. |
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Sample Popular Fiction Presentations
Visiting Popular Fiction Writers
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