: The Writing Institute :

Mastery of written communication, or skill that demonstrates development and effective expression of ideas and arguments in writing, is a core Learning Outcome at the College. The Writing Institute supports Antioch College's mission and Liberal Arts Learning Outcomes by providing members of the College community with opportunities for focused study of the writing craft. Our programs include writing assessment and tutorials, as well as workshops in writing fiction, news, features, poetry and creative, personal essays.

If you need assistance with writing for academic purposes or would like an avenue for intermediary and advanced study of fiction, poetry, essay, and journalistic writing development, e-mail writing@antiochcollege.org.

Composition Tutorials

Emphasizes basic expository writing skills needed for academic writing. Builds on students’ understanding of rhetoric and writing processes through an exploration of research-based writing. Focus on invention, drafting, and thoughtful revision.

Journalism

Ethics and Writing: Develop news writing skills for the print media and electronic media; an introduction to AP style, the inverted pyramid and reporting hard news. Focus on the how-to's of reporting and writing news and feature stories from conceptualization to the finished product.

Fiction:

Emphasis on narrative technique, use of language, characterization, realization of theme/idea, and revision.

Poetry

The study of poetry’s diverse forms, techniques and elements, and the workshop critique—a concentrated reading and discussion of student original poems with a focus on revision.

Nonfiction/Memoir

An examination of memoir and personal essay writing. Focus on exploring external facts and internal thoughts/feelings