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Course for capable writers

How many of you staff and faculty members
have a manuscript for a short story or a
novel tucked away in a drawer somewhere?

A lot more than are willing to admit to it,
we'll bet. And if you are an aspiring
author, you will definitely be interested
in Communications 280-Marketing Commercial
Fiction, a new course being taught by
Crawford Kilian this fall.

"This is not a creative writing course,"
says Kilian. "It's intended for people who
are already pretty capable writers, but
who need help in technical areas—
everything from manuscript format and
storyboarding a plot to researching
markets and reading a contract. The
emphasis is on commercial writing,
something for which a market exists, for
example mystery, romance or science
fiction."

Communications 280 should enable students
to research potential markets in Canada
and elsewhere, and to understand the legal
and economic aspects of commercial fiction.
By the end of the course students will
have produced three short stories ina
commercial genre or a sizable portion of a
novel. The course will be offered on Monday
afternoons and registration is only with
the permission of the instructor. For more
information call Crawford at local 2585.

Open courses offered

You don't have to be a real photography
whiz to take Jim Bizzocchi's Basic Film-
making class this fall. "People come in
with no knowledge of the subject," said
Bizzocchi, "and by the end of the semester
they have made their own film. They learn
a great deal in a very short time."

Media 074 is a basic introduction to
motion picture production, including
camera operation, lighting, directing,
editing, and sound, and it is one of three
open Media courses being offered this fall.
Also starting in September are Media 065,
Media Studies, and Media 082, Computer
Graphics.

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Lynne Hamilton says: "Book your passage
NOW for the 2nd Annual "United Way Cruise"!
The Captain of the 'Magnum Force' has once

again invited Capilano College aboard the
luxurious restyled yacht for an evening
with dinner, refreshments and 'Fireworks'
on Friday, September 26. This will happen
from 8 to 12 pm (boarding at 7:30) and the
price is $25 per passenger. The yacht
holds 80 only and tickets are on a first
come first serve basis. The deadline for
paid up passages is September 19—call
Lynne Hamilton in the Achievement Resource
Centre for more information (local 2945).

Another case of irregularity

With the retirement of Bill Little,
Information Services is temporarily
(please!) a one person department; hence
Donna is finding it difficult to stick to
a regular Informer schedule. Nonetheless,
(Insert usual plea for everyone to send
their news and information to this office.)

For the benefit of all you deprived people
who did not spend the summer here at the
college, the Informer will recap some of

the news items of importance that occurred

while you were working on your tans. This
special issue will come out some time next
week—stay tuned.

COLOPHON

The Informer is published sporadically,
but with high hopes of weekliness, by
Information Services, A118 or local
323 and 324. Submissions are more than
welcome. Photos are generally the work
of Dave Sharrock and Edna Sakata in
MPC, printing is done by Linda Givens
and Dave Callow in the Print Shop, and
the distribution is handled by the
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Pool. We reserve the right to deny
absolutely everything unless it's tax
deductible.