English 205 Fall 2011 Introduction to Creative Writing Workshop Calendar

FICTION UNIT
Week 9: Choosing a Subject T Oct. 18 Mining Your Past READINGS: Stephen King On Writing FICTION: Edward P. Jones The First Day, Tobias Wolff Bullet in the Brain (CP) Th Oct. 20 Writing Beyond What You Know READINGS: Janet Burroway Scene and Summary, Backstory and Flashback, Text and Subtext, Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird FICTION: Denis Johnson Emergency, Melanie Rae Thon First, Body (CP)

Week 10: Building Character, Finding Voice T Oct. 25 Building (a) Character(s) DUE: A SCENE (TWO PAGES) DUE TODAY (PRINTED, IN-CLASS) READINGS: Janet Burroway Character as. . . FICTION: Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, Dorothy Allison Gospel Song (CP) Th Oct. 27 Dialogue: Finding the Right Voice READINGS: Janet Burroway Your Voice, Persona, Character Voice, Stephen King on Dialogue FICTION: Richard Bausch All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona, Junot Diaz Edison, New Jersey (CP)

Week 11: Fictional Place, Fictional Time T Nov. 1 STORIES DUE TODAY FOR WORKSHOP #1, 2, 3 (20 COPIES) READINGS: Janet Burroway Setting as. . . FICTION: Stephanie Vaughn Dog Heaven (Anthology & Podcast), John Updike A&P (CP) Th Nov. 3 Craft STORIES DUE TODAY FOR WORKSHOP #4, 5, 6 (20 COPIES) READINGS: Patricia Henley What We Talk About When We Talk About

FICTION: Stuart Dybek Paper Lanterns (CP & Podcast) Workshop 1___Grainne ________ 2_____Preethi_________ 3 ____Nikita_________ Week 12: Point of View and Metaphor T Nov. 8 STORIES DUE TODAY FOR WORKSHOP #7, 8, 9 (20 COPIES) READINGS: Janet Burroway Point of View FICTION: Stephen Millhauser Getting Closer (CP) Workshop 4_____Callie_________ 5________Levi__________ 6_______Nick_______

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STORIES DUE TODAY FOR WORKSHOP #10, 11, 12 (20 COPIES) FICTION: David Foster Wallace Forever Overhead (CP) Workshop 7 ______Martrell_________ 8_________Yas________ 9_____Kaitlyn___

Week 13: Story and Plot T Nov. 15 STORIES DUE TODAY FOR WORKSHOP #13, 14, 15 (20 COPIES) READINGS: Janet Burroway Story as. . FICTION: Michael Cunningham White Angel (CP) Workshop 10____Jannon_______ 11______Jacob_______ 12_____Penny_______ Th Nov. 17 STORIES DUE TODAY FOR WORKSHOP #16, 17, 18 (20 COPIES) FICTION: Kurt Vonnegut Harris Bergeron (CP) Workshop 13_____Drew _________ 14______Jae_______ 15____Stephanie_____

Week 14: NO CLASSES-THANKSGIVING VACATION Week 15: Symbols, Tropes, and Motifs T Nov. 29 STORIES DUE FOR SMALL GROUP WORKSHOP (3 COPIES) FICTION: Tim OBrien The Things They Carried, Workshop 16____Evie___________ 17______ Kavin __________ 18____Juliana____ Th Dec. 1 FICTION: Lorrie Moore How to Become a Writer (CP) Small Group Workshops JANET BURROWAY

Week 16: Individual Conferences BEFORE COMING TO SEE ME, READ: STEPHEN KING REVISION T Dec. 6 Individual ConferencesNo Class Fiction Workshops #1-9 Th Dec. 8 Individual ConferencesNo Class Fiction Workshops #10-18

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FICTION PORTFOLIO & FINAL COURSE REFLECTION DUE - HEAV 442 on Monday, DECEMBER 12 at Noon