Class III

CLASS III—April 13

• Opening Poem—Planting Peas by Linda Hasselstrom
• Discuss Reading Assignments: Pick “one thing” that stood out for you in one of the readings. Did something you read help you with your writing process? Were you able to apply a thought to something you wrote? Or something you edited? We’ll briefly discuss your “one things” before launching into our workshop.
  • Reading 1 (PDF Download)
    • The Micro-Memoir, by Dawn Field
  • Reading 2 (PDF Download)
    • How To Write Short Chap 1—4, by Roy Peter Clark
  • Reading 3 (PDF Download)
    • Corner, Still Writing, Dani Shapiro
  • Reading 4 (PDF Download)
    • Dani Shapiro from Why We Write About Ourselves, edited by Meredith Maran
• Additional Handout: CLASS III Reading Highlights

CLASS III ASSIGNMENT

You can either write from the prompt “I don’t remember…”, edit your piece from last time, or bring to class something new. The only requirement: your piece is not to exceed 700 words. We are still thinking in terms of “micro-memoirs.” Note regarding the prompt: It might be helpful to make a list like we did with “I remember…” before launching into your piece of writing. Your call.

Please email your submission to me at anahaysmccracken@gmail.com in a word doc, typed in 12-point Times Roman font, double spaced, with your name at the top and page numbers on lower right hand side no later than Saturday evening, April 11th at 11:59 PM. I will email our writing to the group by Sunday morning. OR… if everyone is okay with me sharing email addresses, we can start emailing to the group so you can have each others work sooner? I’ll make this request in the email I sent out with this assignment.