ENG 400

Creative Writing for Game Design (3 Cr.)

Prerequisite: ENG 110 or ENG 150

Description: This course will focus on the narrative elements of creative writing. Exercises will generate thinking and hone students’ basic storytelling talents including characterization, exposition, plot, conflict, back-story, dialogue, and appropriate use of language. Students will learn how to use symbols to design a story and how to manipulate the symbols to create character, plot, message, and interactivity. Students will be encouraged to access their own genius, culture, and life experience in the development of their stories.