1/21--No school!
1/23--L:
Read Jane Bakerman "The Seams Can't Show" about Toni Morrison (attached below as a PDF).
Read: "The Omens"
Two separate PDFs below (apologies for image quality on page 2!)
On a word or Google doc, please write 5 ways you find inspiration to be creative
1/24 or 1/25--L:
Read: Chapter One of Writing Fiction--read pages 1-15
Journal Entry #2
Please pick one of your classmates' prompts to write on from the list we generated in class last week
Alternative: don't use a prompt at all and see where your mind simply leads you
Remember to follow the "rules" of freewriting as you write.
Word count: 550 words
Post it here: Journal Entry #2
Bring to class a wacky/interesting/beautiful/strange image
Print it out in color on one of the school's printers
Make TWO copies
Note: Sometimes, assignments are intentionally short so as to allow you time to work on your own writing/story idea. Please use this extra time to full advantage!
Note: I often don't give assignments in advance because I like to create space for new ideas and assignments. I'm very open to your ideas so let me know if anything comes to you. That said, if you'd like assignments a bit further in advance b/c it's a heavy work week, let me know and I'll try to give the assignments out a little sooner (or at least tell you what I'm thinking).