Category Archives: Creative Writing

Star Wars Lists

Posted on October 17, 2016 by trenthergenrader

I’m planning on teaching a Star Wars-themed, RPG-driven creative writing course at least once (hopefully/possibly more) during the 2017-2018 academic year. To that end I’m trying to get caught up on the new Di$ney-dictated Star Wars canon and also keeping … Continue reading →

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Collaborative World Building Explained

Posted on March 23, 2016 by trenthergenrader

I was asked by a student reporter to write something up that explains my world building class. I have no idea what the final article is going to look like or how much of this will be used, so I’ll … Continue reading →

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My Research in a Nutshell, or Haters Gonna Hate

Posted on August 28, 2015 by trenthergenrader

Working on my third-year review document and I wrote this summary of my research. Thought I encapsulated it rather well, if I do say so myself, so I thought I’d share it here: My research resides at the intersection of … Continue reading →

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Spring 2015 Speculative Fiction Workshop Reading List

Posted on June 22, 2015 by trenthergenrader

I posted this for some colleagues in the Creative Writing Pedagogy Facebook group. The books below are Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook, Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, and Paula Guran’s Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014. Happy … Continue reading →

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What’s an RPG/fanfic Writing Workshop Look Like?

Posted on April 3, 2015 by trenthergenrader

Here’s what we did today in a 75 minute session of my Game of Thrones fanfic/RPG course. There were 17 people in class, making it a challenge to keep the story interesting for everyone. This covered the first day of … Continue reading →

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MFA vs NYC? Notes on a False Debate

Posted on April 8, 2014 by trenthergenrader

Since I didn’t attend AWP 2014, Facebook friends clued me in to MFA vs NYC, a collection that “brings together established writers, MFA professors and students, and New York editors, publicists, and agents to talk about these overlapping worlds, and … Continue reading →

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Creative Writing in the Digital Age

Posted on March 12, 2014 by trenthergenrader

I’m very excited to announce the table of contents for CREATIVE WRITING IN THE DIGITAL AGE: THEORY, PRACTICE AND PEDAGOGY edited by Michael Dean Clark, Trent Hergenrader and Joe Rein. The book is being published by Bloomsbury’s Literary Studies division … Continue reading →

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Prezi on Speculative Fiction and RPGs in College Classes

Posted on February 3, 2013 by trenthergenrader
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Prezi on my RPG Talk

Posted on November 19, 2012 by trenthergenrader

Last Thursday I gave a talk on the narrative potential of role-playing games. Here’s the Prezi that accompanied the talk. The Evolution and Narrative Potential of Role-Playing Games on Prezi

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“Mouth of the Volga” Available Online

Posted on November 27, 2011 by trenthergenrader

Just found out that my creative nonfiction piece “The Mouth of the Volga” is available online at the Post Road website. Here’s the link: http://www.postroadmag.com/21/nonfiction/hergenrader.phtml

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