Readings and Assignments for the Week of August 29, 2005-September 4, 2005

Thursday, September 1, 2005:

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

Here is your memoir prompt from The Autobiography Box for the week of August 29-September 4, 2005:

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 4, 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 29-September 4, 2005: Memoir Prompt

Week of August 29-September 4, 2005: In-Class Exercise

Week of August 29-September 4, 2005: Process Post