Posted on May 7, 2008 by bgblogging
POETRY PORTFOLIOS
Just a reminder, you need to hand me a PAPER version of your poetry portfolio by 5:00 p.m. this Friday (the 9th). Remember to include a narrative reflection (you can also, of course do that as hypertext on your blog) and a reading-as-a-writer piece as well as all of the regular assignments.
FINAL REFLECTION
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by bgblogging
As you write your hyptertext reflections, you’ll want to create links right to specific entries as you discuss them. To do that:
1. Highlight the word in your text (in your reflection) you want to serve as the link to the entry. Say, you have written the following sentence, ” I am thrilled to be leaving [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2008 by bgblogging
I have created a new menu item on the lefthand sidebar: “For Fiction Writers” with links to some helpful sites. Please add via comments! What are your favorite online fiction sites?
Also, I have listed all of your presentation dates up on the presentation tab.
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Posted on March 16, 2008 by bgblogging
You can now find UNIT THREE in the menu above, including examples from your tutors terrific. Please make sure you read through the page and let me know if you have any questions.
Also, I have steadily been adding to our Places Readers Go list on the upper left sidebar. Please add more sites [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by bgblogging
I’ve added the reading for Thursday, Tuesday and next Wednesday to the unit overview. Make sure you consult the unit plan itself for details.
Also, I will be giving you a fun assignment over break having to do with stranger studies spun into 200-word flash fictions, and some reading. I’ll post the fiction syllabus [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2008 by bgblogging
Take a look at UNIT TWO and be ready to ask questions on Thursday.
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Posted on February 21, 2008 by bgblogging
If you’re interested in reading the discussion Abishek had with The Seinfeld Analog filmmaker, John Bresland, over J-term, check out his post.
For those of you thinking about creating a hypertext piece on your blog, you might want to explore the resources mentioned on wikipedia. Look closely, too, at the hypertext pieces I assigned for this [...]
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Posted on February 14, 2008 by bgblogging
Enjoy a creative weekend filled with writing games! And if anyone has suggestions for exercises we might want to do on the blogs, please post them to the Motherblog.
You will be hearing from Maddie, Katie or Alex about meeting with them in one-on-one conferences this coming week to talk about the course and your [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008 by bgblogging
Welcome…
…to the Spring 2008 Intro to Creative Writing Blog (bg’s section)! This marks the sixth year I’ve used blogs in this course; every year they change a bit, as do the unit plans, the readings, the exercises, but with the exception of the first blog (which vanished into the netherworld when platforms were switched), the [...]
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