335 F20 Al Ethari

Week 1

Sept. 8-

Sept.13

Morley, “Chapter 5: Processes of

Creative Writing” (pp. 125-133)

(Link)

Schneider, “Introduction: Writing with

Others” (pp. 177- 181)

(L)

Introduce Yourself

Create a Video

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)

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Sept. 20

(11:59 pm)

3

Submit Your Project Choice &

Summary

to

the Dropbox

Closes: Sunday, Sept. 20

(11:59 pm)

5

Week 3

Sept. 21-

Sept. 27

Building Characters

Burroway, “Chapter 4: Character” (pp.

95-108) (CP)

Tobias Wolff, “Bullet in the Brain” (L)

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Sept. 27

(11:59 pm)

3

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)

Counts

Towards 10

Points

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)

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Oct. 4

(11:59 pm)

3

Participate in Workshop 1

Closes: Sunday, Oct. 4

(11:59 pm)

10

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)

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Monday, Oct. 19

(11:59 pm)

3

Oct. 10-

Oct. 18

Reading Week

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)

Counts

Towards 10

Points

Week 7

Oct. 26-

Nov. 1

Voice and POV

Burroway, “Voice” (pp. 49-61)

Bailey, “Dialogue” (pp. 41-43)

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 1

(11:59 pm)

3

Participate in Workshop 2

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 1

(11:59 pm)

10

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)

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 8

(11:59 pm)

3

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)

Counts

Towards 10

Points

Week 9

Nov. 9-

Nov. 15

Proofreading and Editing

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 15

(11:59 pm)

3

Participate in Workshop 3

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 15

(11:59 pm)

10

Week 10

Nov. 16-

Nov. 22

Checking In: How is the Writing Process

Going?

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 22

(11:59 pm)

3

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)

Counts

Towards 10

Points

Week 11

Nov. 23-

Nov. 29

No Discussions

Participate in Workshop 4

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 29

(11:59 pm)

10

Week 12

Nov. 30-

Dec. 7

Checking In: Final Edits & Polishing Your

Drafts

Participate in the Weekly

Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Dec. 6

(11:59 pm)

3

Submit Final Project

Closes: Monday, Dec. 7

(11:59 pm)

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