ENG 321 1/20

• Swap Responses, ask a few more questions, take notes:  Introductions.
• Discuss Chapter One, Shitty First Drafts
• Martin's Scraps of Paper
• What Do You Want to Know?

Wynton Marsalis:  12 steps for making art (from a PBS production abou teaching art to children) 

1. seek instruction

2. make a schedule

3. set goals – chart development

4. focus while practicing

5. relax, practice slowly, you can’t be in a hurry if you’re gonna get better

6. practice the things you can’t do – don’t rehearse your instincts

7. always give maximum expression – invest

8. don’t be too hard on yourself

9. don’t show off

10. think for yourself

11. be optimistic

12. look for connections to other things

Assignment for 1/25

• Read: Burroway Chapter 2.  (through page 46)

• Read: “The Use of Force.”

• Read:  The Reading Response (web handout)

• Write:  Reading Response for “The Use of Force”  

A)  What’s your initial reaction to the story?  What are your impressions?

B)  Respond to Questions 1-4 on p. 51.

C)  How does this story influence your thinking about your own writing?  

Write:  Exercise #1  (web handout)