Readings and Responsibilities                                                      

Week 1                                                                       

1/18

  • Syllabus.  Introductions

  • Julliard

  • Workshop Schedule--in class

 Jeremy, Jennifer, Carson, John distribute

 

 

Week 2

1/25

  • Read: Offutt's "The Eleventh Draft" (e-reserve)

  • Read:  Melody Gee's 3 drafts of "Back Home" (e-reserve)  (Make notes on major eliminations, developments and new additions)

  • Read:  Workshops  (website handout)

  • Read:  Peer Response  (website handout)

  • Workshop:  Jeremy, Jennifer, John, Carson

  • Write Peer Responses

 5-8 distribute

 

Week 3           

2/1

  • Read:  An Interview with Jane Smiley  (e-reserve)

  • Read:  Jane Smiley:  What Stories Teach Their Writers:  The Purpose and Practice of Revision (e-reserve)

  • Workshop:  5-8

 

 9-12 distribute

 

Week 4

2/8
  • Stephen Koch's "Working & Reworking:  Early Drafts & the Techniques of Revision"  (excerpt from THE MODERN LIBRARY'S WRITER'S WORKSHOP) (e-reserve)
  • Read Molly Cooney's 3 drafts of "Missing Pieces"  (e-reserve)  (Make notes on major eliminations, developments and new additions)
  • Workshop: 9-12 
1-6 distribute first revision

 

Week 5

2/15
  • Read:  Susan Sontag's "Read, Write, Rewrite (e-reserve)
  • Workshop: First Revision 1-6   
7-12 distribute first revision

  

 

Week 6                                                           

2/22
  • Read Rachel Pratt's 3 drafts of "Broken Waters" (e-reserve)  (Make notes on major eliminations, developments and new additions)
  • Workshop: First Revision 7-12
 		 1-6 distribute second revision

 

 

 

 

Week 7

3/1
  • Workshop: Second Revision 1-6

 

 7-12 distribute second revision

  

 

Week 8

3/8
  • Workshop: Second Revision 7-12

   1-4 distribute new piece

                                                                         

 

Week 9

3/15

 Spring Break

  

                                                                                              

Week 10

3/22
  • Workshop: 1-4 (New Piece)
  • Paul Bogard's 2 drafts of "Crash" (e-reserve)  (Make notes on major eliminations, developments and new additions)
 5-8 distribute new piece

 

 

Week 11

3/29
  • Workshop: 5-8 (New Piece)
 9-12 distribute new piece

 

 

Week 12

4/5
  • Workshop: 9-12 (New Piece)
 1-6 distribute first revision

 

 

Week 13

4/12
  • Workshop: First Revision 1-6
 7-12 distribute first revision

 

 

Week 14

4/19
  • Workshop: First Revision 7-12
 1-6 distribute second revision

 

 

Week 15

4/26

  • Workshop: Second Revision 1-6

 7-12 distribute second revision

 

 

Week 16

5/3
  • Workshop: Second Revision 7-12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 17

5/10

  • Party at My House 5:30  Potluck & Bookswap

  • Influence Reflection Due

  • Treadmill Journal Due

  • Your Choice of Best Essay from Literary Magazine Due (12 copies)

  • 6 envelopes with Essay Submission Due