CLASS V—APRIL 27
- Spring by Mary Oliver
- Discussion—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.
- Brevity Craft Essays: On Miniatures by Lia Purpura
- DarinStrauss, from Why We Write About Ourselves, edited by Meredith Maran. I chose this pieces because Darin discusses questions that have arose in our class.
- How to Write Short, by Roy Peter Clark, Chap 19
- Writers share (~12 minutes each. Timed.)
WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR CLASS V: The Tacking Points Exercise (Downloadable PDF)
You can either write from the Tacking Points exercise, edit your piece from last time, or bring to class something you want to write. The only requirement: your piece is not to exceed 700 words. We are still thinking in terms of “micro-memoir.”
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 25th at 11:59 PM. I will email our writing to the group by Sunday morning. OR… if you can’t make that deadline, submit on Sunday to the group.
