A multigenre course divided among poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.  Students will be reading works in each of these genres, followed by at least one creative writing assignment for each genre. Experience in this course will ground students in techniques useful for communication in many fields, including law, medicine, business, science, technology, and criminal justice. The range of writing will also enable students to judge whether they want to proceed with a minor in creative writing. Course requirements include class discussion, in-class writing, group work, reading aloud, and submission of a portfolio of the semester's work.