READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 28 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2006

Thursday, August 31, 2006:

Please read Chapter 1 (Starting Out: An Introduction) in Writing Poems, as well as Chapter 1 (Whatever Works: The Writing Process) in Writing Fiction.

Don't forget to bring in the URL for the blog that you set up!

Here is your memoir prompt from The Autobiography Box for the week of August 28-September 3, 2006:

Is there a food or dish that you destested as a child that you like as an adult? Can you pinpoint the moment when you gave that food a second chance? How, in general, has your sense of taste changed? Think about the kinds of words that we use to describe taste--sweet, sour, tangy, spicy. Is there a certain food writer you like for his descriptions of food? What kinds of observations does s/he make that you admire?

This blog post (250 words minimum, approximately) will need to be posted to your blog no later than midnight on Sunday, September 3, along with two other blog posts: One of these posts will be a more polished/cleaned-up version of an in-class exercise of your choice from the prior week's in-class exercises, and the other remaining post will be a 250-word process post where you discuss your thoughts on your writing process and/or any of the assigned readings from the past week.

Please make sure to clearly title/label your blog posts as illustrated below (with the appropriate week's dates, of course), so that I can easily identify them and give you credit:

Week of August 28-September 3: Memoir Prompt

Week of August 28-September 3: In-Class Exercise

Week of August 28-September 3: Process Post

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Come and check out the VLP Poetry Slam, featuring fiction writer and USD faculty member Brian Bedard, on Thursday, August 31, 7:00 p.m., at the Coffee Shop Gallery, 24 W. Main Street. Get a jump on one of your Writerly Immersion Papers by attending the slam and taking notes of your impressions/thoughts of the event. (Have poems that you’d like to read at the slam? Bring three poems with you and sign up to slam!)