So, this week is a transition week…
We’ve just written two memoir pieces and read a variety of memoir examples! Yay! Pat yourselves on the back a few times. 🙂
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By 11:59 PM on Tuesday, March 9, 2021
READ:
- Read my Announcement for Week 6 (there’s a quick assignment on that post).
WRITE:
- Homework: Revise your second memoir and post it
By 11:59 PM on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
READ:
- Read Myriam Gurba’s “Pendeja, You Ain’t Steinbeck: My Bronca with Fake-Ass Social Justice Literature.”
- Read my introduction to Characterization (on the
So, let’s talk about CHARACTER and how a writer shows it!
I’ll start with a quote:
When I tell gringos that my Mexican grandfather worked as a publicist, the news
Some business…
I’ve begun glancing through your critiques of each other’s work, and it’s really great to see how engaged everyone’s been! Yay! I’m seriously happy to see how open
By 11:59 PM on Tuesday, February 23, 2021
READ/DISCUSS:
- My discussion of Plot in memoir (and other genres).
- Answer the questions I posed in the discussion (the link’s above) in
Hopefully by the end of Friday, you’ll have received all your Cohort’s feedback (and you’ve sent your feedback to your Cohort). When one gets a lot of feedback at once,
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, please do the following by 11:59 PM:
READ:
- My discussion of “Now what?” and when to utilize critiques and when to blow them off.
- Read
On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, please do the following by 11:59 PM:
DISCUSS/READ:
- Post your “Meet My ______” by NOON on Tuesday.
- Comment on four classmates’ “Meet My ______.”
- Read
Here’s a quote from Truth & Beauty:
While Lucy and I would later revise our personal history to say we had been friends since we met as freshmen, just for
About
Professor: Jessica Penner
Email: creative.writing.citytech2@gmail.com
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. I’ll be available through Zoom and will send an invitation via email that you should keep all semester. Try to join my meeting at the start of the hour, not at the end—since I may be talking to other students or have another appointment after the hour is up. If those times don’t work with your schedule, we can schedule a different time. This means you’ll have to schedule an appointment in advance. I suggest you have multiple times in mind, since your schedule may not mesh with mine!
