Writers’ Residency: Dramatic Writing

Harvard Summer School

CREA S-490B

Section 1

CRN 35631

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This section of the writers’ residency is for writers interested in writing drama, as well as for fiction and creative nonfiction writers interested in studying elements of dramatic writing. Students interested in exploring dramatic writing for the first time or who would like to expand their skill set are welcome to register. The writers’ residency is for advanced creative writers who have been admitted to the Harvard Extension School Master of Liberal Arts (ALM), creative writing and literature. In the first week, participants explore fundamentals of the dramatic writer’s craft in a workshop setting and prepare for and participate in a simulated television writers room. This master class is followed by an agents and editors weekend, consisting of two days of panels, workshops, and small group meetings designed to teach students how to bring their creative work to the marketplace. Weeks two and three of the residency feature a series of follow-up sessions focused on the craft and business of writing.

Registration Closes: June 20, 2024
Credits: 4

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Term

Summer Term 2024

Part of Term

3-week session II

Format

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Credit Status

Graduate

Section Status

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Instructor Info

Bryan Delaney, MA

Playwright and Screenwriter


Shelley Evans, MFA

Screenwriter


Jane A. Rosenzweig, MFA

Director of the Writing Center and Head Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University


Christina Thompson, PhD

Editor, Harvard Review, Harvard College Library


Meeting Info

MTWThF 10:00am – 5:00pm (7/15 – 7/19)
SaSu 10:00am – 5:00pm (7/20 – 7/21)
MW 3:15pm – 6:15pm (7/22 – 8/1)

Participation Option: See Course Description

Deadlines

Last day to register: June 20, 2024

Additional Time Commitments

Week one master class: Monday-Friday, July 15-19, 10 am-5 pm, on campus.
Agents and editors weekend: Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21, 10 am-5 pm, on campus.
Weeks two and three: Mondays and Wednesdays, July 22-31, 3:15-6:15 pm Eastern time, either on campus or via live attendance web conference. Students attending on F-1 visas must attend all course meetings on campus.

Final work is due August 1. See syllabus for further details.

Prerequisites

Students must be officially admitted degree candidates in good academic standing in the Master of Liberal Arts (ALM), creative writing and literature. Prospective candidates and students with pending admission applications are not eligible. Candidates must have successfully completed at least 28 degree-applicable credits with required grades. Pre-arrival requirements: by July 1, two weeks prior to the start of the writers’ residency, candidates must post to Canvas an original manuscript of no more than 3,500 words. Manuscript requirements vary by section, so consult the syllabus for your section. All participants are required to read and critique their classmates’ work in advance of the first meeting on July 15. Candidates who do not meet the degree requirements or fail to submit the manuscript by the deadline and complete their critiques in advance of the first class meeting will be dropped from the course. Final course work is due August 1.

Notes

Not open to Secondary School Program students. Students attending on F-1 visas must attend all course meetings on campus. Harvard Summer School housing is available for the full three weeks for students who wish to remain on campus while they work on their writing projects (one-week housing is not available on campus). Students in this section and sections of CREA S-490A and CREA S-490D may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or class sessions. Accordingly, when students participate in live class sessions, they will do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in other sections of this course.

Syllabus

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CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
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MTWThF 10:00am – 5:00pm
SaSu 10:00am – 5:00pm
MW 3:15pm – 6:15pm

 Jul 15 to Aug 1

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