The minor in creative writing “Write LOUD” is created for students looking to establish solid storytelling skills in written form to help students further define, articulate, and expand their practice through creative writing.

In this course we show you what a writing discipline can offer for developing a visual/media practice. This creative writing practice will be in the form, genre and manner that suits you as a creator emphasising our programme’s unique perspectives from the intersection between the literary field and Photography, Film and the Digital, in an interdisciplinary approach with Watershed Production House.

This program is acutely geared towards students with a solid background in using image to convey meaning. It is well suited to students with a background in or affinity for Visual Arts, Media Production, Design, Illustration, etc. However, we are very open to student applications from all study areas. We encourage students to write in hybrid forms, across genres and within multiple art forms. This course understands that it is essential for today’s creators to have a strong capacity for TELLING to SHOW.

• establish a practice of writing
• learn how to step over the blank page
• resource materials for story building
• understand and apply editing to your and others’ projects
• develop the right tools for your work
• give feedback and reflect on your process
• know how the editing process is integral to your practice

You need to love writing; you do not have to be great at it already but there needs to be a willingness to learn and to be open to coaching and editorial feedback.

Entry into this course requires a starting point: What is the story you came here to tell? It can start with something as simple as a theme, an event, or something that you already have had lying in your desk drawer for years- but we start with a seed.

English reading/speaking is required for the course to a level of B2/C1. You are not required to produce work in English.

• www.stichtingwatershed.nl
• www.stjoost.nl/studies/photography-film-and-the-digital

The program of the minor is full-time. Per week you will have about 2.5 days of teaching. In addition, you will work independently on projects.

Some classes will be held in the evening and online, in connection with guest lectures from the US, Canada and elsewhere - it is required to attend.

In this exchange programme, the assessment is integral. You will be assessed by:

• Your attendance
• Your process
• How sustainable and consistent is your writing practice?
• Are you capable of giving, receiving and metabolizing feedback?
• Do you have an editorial process?
• Can you develop the right methods and toolsets to further your practice?
• Your end product
• Portfolio
• A version of your Exchange Project with support documentation on process and takeaway

There is a maximum of 30 students for this programme.

St. Joost students are admitted directly. Other students have to take an admission test. Once you apply, you will receive more information about the requirements.

For more information about this minor, contact the St. Joost minor team: minor.stjoost@avans.nl