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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Creative Writing: The Craft of Style by Wesleyan University

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About the Course

Your style is as unique and distinctive as your face, your voice, except that you can choose it, you can can work on it, enhance it. In this course we will introduce aspiring writers to the art of putting pressure on written language. We will study the use of metaphor and imagery, and demonstrate how clarity, grace, and inventiveness in word choice are imperative to a story’s success. Writers will emerge with the revision skills essential to all writers of good stories and good prose....

Top reviews

MS

Apr 18, 2016

Great class for the content I needed. I audited this class and benefited from the theory discussion and practical exercises. The class guided me to improve my writing style which was my ultimate goal.

LR

Dec 17, 2018

Lessons were well done, good mix of teaching and illuminating discussion between accomplished writers. Exercises are creative and well thought out. Feedback from classmates is generally helpful.

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By Angela K

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Feb 11, 2021

This whole specialization was amazing! Amy Bloom, Salvatore Scibona you are great tutors!

By Karl Z

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Feb 23, 2017

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By Claretta T W

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May 1, 2016

This course helped me in my writing. I enjoyed the feedback and the exercises.

By Keira O

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Oct 30, 2020

I think this a great course. Precise and full of "glamorous" recommendations.

By Jennifer

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Jun 3, 2019

the idea are well presented and i think have made me a stronger writer.

By arya k s

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May 1, 2018

Its a great course to learn the craft of language and how to use it.

By Sophie S

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Aug 24, 2018

The exercises were really great. The lessons weren't very helpful.

By Ellen B G

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May 14, 2016

I was helped by the lessons regarding choosing words carefully.

By Jensen

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Nov 5, 2023

Less robot views please, though the course is very good.

By Ravi K B

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May 13, 2020

One of the challenging courses in this specialisation.

By Deleted A

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Mar 22, 2017

Great, easy way to learn style. Highly recommend.

By Joseph A

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Aug 30, 2018

A wealth of information.

By abrar a

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Mar 24, 2018

challenging and engaging

By HEENA K

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Nov 2, 2020

THANK YOU! SIR.

By jjay

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Apr 18, 2016

great material

By Andy S

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Feb 14, 2024

Course material was was good, and interesting throughout. The peer review system however was almost useless the majority of the time. There is nothing to stop people not reviewing or giving no feedback of any kind which very much undermines the product. As consequence there's no way for students to know if they are improving at all. A large number of students are also not complying with the task requirements and are submitted garbage (for what reason i have no idea), but still appear to be progressing. Without removing both these categories of people the course will continue to suffer. It's a real shame as the material is good but the marking system is incredibly poor. This is particularly the case in Capstone where feedback is so essential but i received absolutely nothing during this phase. I honestly have no idea, despite having completed the entire course, if what I'm writing is any good at all, or if I have improved in any way which is very disheartening.

By Kristin L

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Mar 5, 2017

The course information was great and the assignments were very helpful. What lost points for the course was not the content provided by Wesleyan, which was good, but the poor effort on the part of many of the fellow students to really work on constructive critiques. For each assignment I had at least one of the three peer reviews that was useless to me to improve my writing, sometimes more. There should be a way to rate critiques so that students can't move on if they don't do the work of critiquing well.

By Donald S P

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Aug 24, 2018

Less focused than the other four. The focus on facts and things was helpful, but felt less like a revelation.

By harrisonyvette@yahoo.com

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Oct 24, 2017

It would be helpful to list what the learner should do in an assignment and exclude what they should not do.

By Danielle C

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Sep 11, 2023

The course material itself is outstanding and Salvatore is a remarkable instructor. He ignited my senses / curiosity / desire to grow as a writer by sharing his passion for words. I especially enjoyed the close readings and the surgery section. This module made me feel like I was in college again, in the best way.

Low stars because I find the poor quality of peer feedback to be discouraging and disappointing. On the one hand, I'm pushing myself as a writer in new and exciting ways because of the high quality of instruction. So I suppose that's what counts. It also benefits me to give other writers thoughtful feedback. Unpleasant to work hard on a piece and get nonsense feedback from bots or maybe lazy peers?

In any case, this module moved me to action and inspired quite a lot of reading on my part.

By Dustin F

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Apr 17, 2023

At one point this may have been a good course. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. All homework is graded by your peers, which is whoever happens to be taking it at the same time you are. Sometimes you get in depth critiques that help you learn where you went wrong. Sometimes you receive "yes" to every question. The latter becomes more common the further you get into the course, until you receive no critiques at all.

By Ä°hsan K

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Sep 26, 2023

The lecturer was good and provided useful information... however. There are at least two psychopaths taking this course specifically to type "????" in the peer review boxes and then give you a failing note. I had to submit the same prose (which, if you wonder, adhered to the assignment guidelines) at least three times before finally get a passing grade. If you will be taking this course, I suggest you to sleep with one eye open because you will have to do a lot of resubmitting. The worst part is there is nothing to do against these "anonymous learners" - no report feature, nothing at all. Infuriating, annoying and honestly makes you think, why bother?

By Megan L

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May 25, 2017

The lectures were unclear as well as the instructions from the instructor I was disappointed.

By Bruce G

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Jun 22, 2021

I got nothing from the student reviews I received.