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CREATIVE WRITING
nancy.henry@maine.edu
nahenry61@yahoo.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
ENG 201F 0007 T, TH 10:15-11:30 LAW 506
Office hours by
appointment. ENG 201F 0014 T, TH 1:15-2:30 PAYS 43
Fall 2008
ASSIGNMENTS: Weekly readings and exercises will be assigned throughout the semester.
These will include both creative exercises and critical writing. Each week students will turn
in, electronically, one poetry or fiction exercise and a one page response to the reading
assignment. These will not be graded, but will be recorded and are necessary to
successfully complete the course. At the end of the poetry section, students will turn in 4
revised poems for a grade. In addition to weekly fiction exercises, students will submit for a
grade one substantial short story (10 to 12 pages), which will be work-shopped by the
class, then revised for a final grade. This revised story and a collection of poems will be
submitted in a final e-portfolio at the end of the term; the portfolio will also include two of
the student's best pieces of critical writing.
We are cups, constantly and quietly
being filled. The trick is, knowing how
to tip ourselves over and let the
beautiful stuff out.
--Ray Bradbury
Student writing for workshops should be
submitted one class period before the
work is to be discussed. Late
submission or absence on the day the
work is to be critiqued--especially the
long story--will result in forfeiture of
Practice yourself, for
heaven’s sake, in little workshop and be reflected in the
things; thence proceed to
greater. student's grade. Individual students
--Epictetus are responsible for making copies of
workshop writing and exercises for
ABSENCES: Students have two "no
class members.
questions asked" absences but these
must not be taken on the days your
REQUIRED TEXTS:
work is scheduled for critique. I
recommend saving these days for
The Art of the Short Story
illness or important appointments, as Dana Gioia, R. S. Gwynn
additional "no-penalty" days will not Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal
be given. A pattern of absences will Times
Neil Astley, ed.
affect the final grade.
On Writing
GRADES: Final grade will be based Stephen King
on a combination of: class
The Poet's Companion
participation, weekly assignment Addonizio and Laux
completion, and the final portfolio.
Creative
Writing
Syllabus
Fall
Semester
2008
ASSIGNMENTS: assignments will be updated on a weekly basis.
Creative
Writing
Syllabus
Fall
Semester
2008