for this week 10/26, 28

check the syllabus

do the reading and be prepared to discuss: Gladman's To After That (continued discussion), Burroway, Goldberg

Midterm Portfolio Due Thur + terms

writing assignment: choose a line/sentence from Gladman's To After That and use this as the first line of your own story. Copy the sentence, and then continue how you would like the story to go. Do this 2-3 times using different sentences from Gladman.

Blog response on any of the reading for the week due Thur

*if you haven't given me any bathhouse reading responses (hard copy) you should do so and/or talk to me about it.

for next week 10/19, 21

For Tue:
come prepared to discuss Proulx's "People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water" in fiction packet 2

Read/listen to work by Christian Bok:
http://www.arras.net/RNG/flash/eunoia/eunoia_final.html
http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Bok.php
http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bok/

Thur: Come prepared to discuss Renee Gladman's Book To After That
Blog response: on Gladman's Book To After That

fiction writing exercises:

*Make a list of four qualities/characteristics that describe a character real or imagined. Place that character in a scene and write the scene so that the qualities are conveyed through significant detail. Use no generalizations and no judgments. No word on your list should appear in the scene. Use detail and description to SHOW the qualities through the scene and the actions of the character.

*Write a 200-word description of a place. You can use any and all sensory descriptions but sight: you can describe what it feels like, sounds like, smells like and even tastes like. Try to write the description in such a way that people will not miss the visual details. Put a character in that place and have her/him do something.

great revision of a sonnet

Mara Geiger
J Darling
CRTW 201



Update of Shakespeare’s sonnet 115

the tweets i have tweeted u r not accurate
even that time i commented on ur wall that i luved u a million
and i couldn’t imagine luving u more than at that moment
yet i luv u so much more!
time changes everything
creating false promises, deceitful politicians,
wrinkles, ruining the most sincere intentions,
even making hard asses lighten up a bit
so even tho time may change these feelings
why shouldn’t i txt u every minute of the day how i <3 u infinity
i was sure as hell when i tweeted u and even though things change
my luv for u has not yet matured
so how can i profess infinite luv when it grows infinitely more

This Week 10/12, 10/14

Follow the syllabus and come prepared to discuss stories from the fiction packets (1 and 2), and Goldberg.

Keep working on the writing assignment from last week: write a series of poems based on, in response to, using in some way a news event/story. Use/find an article or articles from newspapers/magazines so that you have language and material to work with. Write as many poems as you like in any style(s), using Blood Dazzler as an example of the possibilities.

great response to Blood Dazzler: http://jazzdarchelle.blogspot.com/

check this out!

Rap Haiku

poetic forms used in Blood Dazzler

Sestina info and formal constraints

Ghazal info and formal constraints

Tankas info and form

for next week 10/5, 10/7

see syllabus

Read all of Blood Dazzler and be prepared to share/discuss some of the poems specifically, in class.

Keep working on your writing/poems from the exercises.

Remember to do your blog reading response. The responses should be 3-4 paragraphs and include specific examples and discussion. Half credit will be given for inadequate responses.