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Week 1 Sept. 8- Sept.13 |
Morley, “Chapter 5: Processes of Creative Writing” (pp. 125-133) (Link) Schneider, “Introduction: Writing with (L) |
Introduce Yourself |
Due: Sunday, Sept. 20 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 2 Sept. 14- Sept. 20 |
Images and Details Burroway, “Concrete, Significant Details” (pp. 20-27) (Course Pack) Minot, “Chapter 4: Images: The Essential Element” (pp. 57-68) (CP) |
Closes: Sunday, Sept. 20 (11:59 pm) |
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Closes: Sunday, Sept. 20 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 3 Sept. 21- Sept. 27 |
Building Characters Burroway, “Chapter 4: Character” (pp. 95-108) (CP) Tobias Wolff, “Bullet in the Brain” (L) |
Closes: Sunday, Sept. 27 (11:59 pm) |
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Submit Section 1 of Your Project (Up to 600 words or 2-3 poems) to the “Workshop” Discussion Forum |
Due: Sunday, Sept. 27 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 4 Sept. 28- Oct. 4 |
Settings Bailey, “The lesser Angels of Fiction: Setting and Time” (pp. 54-63) (CP) Excerpt from Lien Chao’s Narrative Long Poem, “Silence of the Wild Land: Qing Ming, Homebound for Mt. Hua Bao” (CP) |
Closes: Sunday, Oct. 4 (11:59 pm) |
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Participate in Workshop 1 |
Closes: Sunday, Oct. 4 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 5 Oct. 5- Oct.11 |
Sound Minot, “The Sound of Words” (pp. 72 – 82) (CP) Scholes, Comely, Klaus and Staines, “Music” (pp 388-389) (CP) |
Closes: Monday, Oct. 19 (11:59 pm) |
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Oct. 10- Oct. 18 |
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Week 6 Oct. 19- Oct. 25 |
No Discussions |
Submit Section 2 of Your Project (Up to 1200 words or 4-6 poems) to the “Workshop” Discussion Forum |
Closes: Sunday, Oct. 25 (11:59pm) |
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Week 7 Oct. 26- Nov. 1 |
Voice and POV Burroway, “Voice” (pp. 49-61) Bailey, “Dialogue” (pp. 41-43) |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 1 (11:59 pm) |
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Participate in Workshop 2 |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 1 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 8 Nov.2- Nov. 8 |
Developing the Plot Bailey, “The ‘Why?’ Behind the Power of the Plot: Shaping the Short Story” (pp. 45-53) Minot, (Poetry) “Internal Order” (pp. 117-126) |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 8 (11:59 pm) |
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Submit Section 3 of Your Project to the “Workshop” Discussion Forum Short Story: Up to 1800 Words OR Chapbook: 8-10 Poems |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 8 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 9 Nov. 9- Nov. 15 |
Proofreading and Editing |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 15 (11:59 pm) |
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Participate in Workshop 3 |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 15 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 10 Nov. 16- Nov. 22 |
Checking In: How is the Writing Process Going? |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 22 (11:59 pm) |
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Submit Section 4 of Your Project to the “Workshop” Discussion Forum Short Story: Up to 2400 (or complete) OR Chapbook: 12-14 Poems |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 22 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 11 Nov. 23- Nov. 29 |
No Discussions |
Participate in Workshop 4 |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 29 (11:59 pm) |
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Week 12 Nov. 30- Dec. 7 |
Checking In: Final Edits & Polishing Your Drafts |
Closes: Sunday, Dec. 6 (11:59 pm) |
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Submit Final Project |
Closes: Monday, Dec. 7 (11:59 pm) |
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