Introduction to Creative Writing
Schedule - Required Texts - Course Policies - Assignment Types
Meeting TimesENG 227 – Section 002MW 4:00-5:15pm STV 347A ENG 101 – Section 057MW 5:30-6:45 STV 250-A | Instructor: Ryan EdelOffice HoursWednesday 1:00-3:00pm and By Appointment STV 424B Contact the Instructor |
Week / Date | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities | |
Week | 1 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 8/18/2014 | Schedule and Course Policies | |
Wednesday | 8/20/2014 | (250 Words) Aesthetic Statement: Why I Write | |
Week | 2 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 8/25/2014 | Ticket In for Gornick: Situation and the Story – First Half Please Bring Computers Today If Possible (If you can’t bring a computer, please print out your answers in addition to filling out the form.) | Google Docs
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Wednesday | 8/27/2014 | (500 Words): Here's this Situation...Submit to the Situation and Story folder in Google Docs. | |
Week | 3 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 9/1/2014 | Labor Day – No Class. | |
Wednesday | 9/3/2014 | Gornick: Situation and the Story – Read Till End No Ticket In – Brief in-class quiz on book. (500/1,000): Here's a Story from that Situation...placed in Story Folder in Google Docs | Workshopping for Story and Situation: How we differentiate the two and then identify ways to strengthen story when we’re bogged down in situation. |
Week | 4 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 9/8/2014 | Memoir – Hyperbole and a Half Ticket In: How does Brosh use the interplay of Situation and Story to make her stories work? | Reminder: Workshop Pieces due Thursday, 9/18 at 5pm. 5% grade reduction for each day they are late if you contact your group members beforehand – 10% if you don’t tell anyone.. Discussion: The Interplay between Details, Situation, and Story Activity 1: Freewriting in Workshop #1 Groups Activity 2: Revising Details to Reflect Story |
Wednesday | 9/10/2014 | (1,000) Here's another story...or continuing my previous story…Due to Google Docs Please also bring a Paper Copy to Class. | Pair-Up Workshopping for short pieces. Progressive Feedback: Encouraging the writing process versus just talking about what you’ve written. Example of Google Docs Worskhopping Today is Rough Draft workshopping. We’re only going to focus on situation, story, and major details – don’t worry about grammar, syntax, or other minor issues that can being fixed later. |
Week | 5 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 9/15/2014 | Due: Comments on Rough Draft Pieces.
Reading Moved to 9/29: Memoir – Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls | Attendance and Make-Up Work Groups for Rough-Draft Workshop Freewriting: Kurt Vonnegut’s Shape of Stories |
Wednesday | 9/17/2014 | (1,500) Workshop #1 Due Thursday 5pm | |
Week | 6 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 9/22/2014 | Workshop #1: Memoir / Narrative Comments due to Google Docs before class. | Workshop |
Wednesday | 9/24/2014 | Workshop #1: Memoir / Narrative Comments due to Google Docs before class. | Workshop |
Week | 7 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 9/29/2014 | Memoir – Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls Poetry – Seashell Anthology | Using Details in Writing
Choosing Poems to Read for Wednesday |
Wednesday | 10/1/2014 | Poetry – Seashell Anthology – 25% Due Friday – (50/250) - Poem | Discussion: Some Components of Poetry Free Verse Meter: feet, iambs, trochees Lines: trimeter/tetrameter/pentameter/hexameter Stanzas: sonnets Imagery: metaphor, simile, metonymy |
Week | 8 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 10/6/2014 | Poetry – Seashell Anthology – 50% | |
Wednesday | 10/8/2014 | Due – (100/500) - Poems (2-3) | |
Week | 9 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 10/13/2014 | Poetry – Seashell Anthology – 100% Fiction – Dover Short Stories | Workshop Pieces due 10/24 |
Wednesday | 10/15/2014 | Due for Class: Workshop Poem for Practice Workshop Submit to Group Folder in 10/13 Poetry Workshop Groups Due Friday: (200/1,000) - Poems (5-10) | Practice Poem Workshop 1 – Printed Copies, one per group member. Can be a poem you’re already written. Goal: 15-60 lines. |
Week | 10 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 10/20/2014 | Poetry – Seashell Anthology Fiction – Dover Short Stories | Poetry Language Discussion / Syntax and Punctuation |
Wednesday | 10/22/2014 | Extra Credit: (300/1,500) - Poems (5-10) Submit to Google Docs 10/22 Folder Workshop #2 Due Friday 5pm Submit to Google Drive 10/24 Folder 30-60 lines of Poetry, can be multiple shorter poems or one longer one. Longer works up to four pages (1,000 words) of text may be submitted, but they won’t get the same level of line-by-line feedback. | Practice Poem Workshop 2 Google Docs 14-30 lines |
Week | 11 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 10/27/2014 | Workshop #2 - Poetry 2-3 people | |
Wednesday | 10/29/2014 | Workshop #2 - Poetry 2 people | |
Week | 12 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 11/3/2014 | Fiction - The Emperor's Soul | |
Wednesday | 11/5/2014 | Work on your project (500) Option A: The Rules of a World Option B: Poems from a World Option C: Narrative from a World | Daily Check-In |
Week | 13 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 11/10/2014 | (1,000) Option A: My Favorite Genre looks like... Option B: Write in Your Genre. | Workshop Pieces due 11/21 |
Wednesday | 11/12/2014 | (250/500) A Character in the world of my genre would be... | |
Week | 14 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 11/17/2014 | Poetry – Seashell Anthology Fiction – Dover Short Stories | Word War |
Wednesday | 11/19/2014 | (varies depending on genre) Workshop #3 Due Friday 5pm | |
Week | 15 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 11/24/2014 | Thanksgiving | |
Wednesday | 11/26/2014 | Thanksgiving | |
Week | 16 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 12/1/2014 | Workshop #3 - Main Project | |
Wednesday | 12/3/2014 | Workshop #3 - Main Project Portfolios Due Friday 5pm Create a folder in Portfolios Folder in Google Drive Portfolio Extension Requests Due via E-mail by Thursday 5pm | For Your Portfolio Intros
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Week | 17 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 12/8/2014 | No Final for ENG 227 | |
Wednesday | 12/10/2014 | ||
Week | 18 | Readings / Assignments | In-Class Activities |
Monday | 12/15/2014 | ||
Tuesday | 12/16/2014 | Grades Due - Tuesday, 16-Dec, Noon |