Creative Writing
With a degree in creative writing, students can publish fiction, poetry, drama, memoir, and screenplays, as well as become educators, journalists, and editors for magazines and publishing companies.
Creative Writing Programs at Reinhardt University
The creative writing program at Reinhardt University is unique because of its small classes and individual attention from award-winning writers. Whether it’s poetry, fiction, playwriting, screenplay, or memoir, students are guided on creative projects with a rich understanding of literary traditions.
Students work one-on-one with faculty on projects that lead toward a publishable manuscript, en route to becoming stalwart editors. Oftentimes, undergraduate students work with M.F.A. students on projects as editors.
Many of the creative writing students have worked as editors on manuscripts that have gone on to be published, including award-winning books. It is not uncommon for the RU CW students to work on graduate-level projects, including working as an editor on the James Dickey Review, which has a national reputation for publishing the best writers in the world.
Choose from numerous genres: poetry, fiction, memoir, drama, or screenplays for your creative writing degree at RU:
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (B.F.A.)
- Creative Writing minor
What You’ll Learn at RU
With one-on-one instruction from award-winning professors, the creative writing student can begin at any level and work toward publishing a manuscript. From the beginning draft and planning, through revision and editing, students are guided through the professional process of writing and publishing.
By the time you graduate with a degree in creative writing, you will understand:
- The major ideas of literary movements and how to apply a study of these movements to the student’s creative work
- How to recognize and understand the value of other’s creative work
- How to properly edit for magazine publication
- How to tap into their creative resources for ideas and inspiration
- How to communicate ideas
- How to publish and where to publish
Creative Writing Classes You’ll Take
All creative writing classes are offered as advanced classes. Here are just a few of the CW classes you will take while pursuing your degree:
- Fiction Writing
- Script Writing
- Literary Editing and Publishing
- Poetry Writing
- Screenplay Writing
- Creative Writing Internship
Careers in Creative Writing
$73,000+
Average salary for writers and authors as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Possible Careers
- Writer
- Creative Writer
- Web Designer
- Curator
- Video Game Designer
- Video Game Content Editor
- Concept Artist
- UX Designer
- Printmaker
- Freelance Writer
- Advertising Designer
- VFX Artist
- Script Doctor
