Week 13 Assignments

Writing Assignment
Choose One
1) Find a piece of writing that you find difficult, frustrating, or confusing, and write your own creative response, copying as many elements as you can (form, style, tone, rhythm, development, themes, etc.)

2) Compose an ars poetica in any genre (look back at "Paradoxes and Oxymorons," "Ars Poetica" and "Personism" in the course reader for a few examples)

Read for December 3
Not Knowing, Donald Barthelme
Against Epiphanies, Charles Baxter

Blog
1. This week, post a challenge you have with revision, or post a revision method that works well for you, or both!

2. Post comments on at least three other entries. Remember, this is not a place for critiquing each other’s work. Instead, identify something from the piece that strikes or interests you, ask a neutral question about the work, or suggest ways the author could deepen or expand it.