As a creative writer you will:

• Develop a working knowledge of traditional and experimental writing modes;
• Interpret the world with generosity, intelligence, recklessness, inclusiveness, and awe;
• Comprehend the history of literary innovation, including hybrid and non-Western forms;
• Understand language as a material artistic medium and the fundamental conceptual framework by which we make sense of the self, other people, experience, and the world;
• Embrace failure, risk, and experimentation as necessary to artistic growth;
• Create short collections of work, such as linked short stories, essays, or serial poems;
• Read widely, wildly, and actively to expand your horizons and influence your work;
• Give public readings, including commentary on your inspiration.

And that’s just the beginning. By the time you graduate as a seasoned wordsmith, you’ll have sent work out for publication, applied for a writing fellowship, or an online portfolio ready to go. We’ll help make sure that you’re ready to go out and do great things with your craft!

Change the world with your words

Upon graduation, students are prepared to creatively articulate, critically examine, and reinvent the world via the spoken and written word. They are prepared to do anything they put their minds to with depth and beauty and transformative strangeness.

After your time at AAC, you’ll be ready to become a…​

• Poet
• Novelist
• Screenwriter
• Freelancer
• Ghostwriter
• Social Media Specialist
• Grant Writer
• Content Editor
• Editor
• Playwright
• Copywriter
• Journalist
• Public Relations
• Technical Writer
• Critic/ Reviewer