Responsibilities 1) Your primary creative projects for the semester will be writing two complete short stories, one of fifteen hundred to three thousand words, and one of three thousand to six thousand words, both of which you’ll submit for workshop by your colleagues. You’ll also submit a substantial revision at the end of the quarter. You may revise either story, but the revision needs to reach the length of the longer story. 2) You’ll support the work of your colleagues with written responses of about a page for each workshop. You’ll want the class to treat your own work seriously and generously, and it’s important to return the favor. 3) You’ll support the class overall by thoughtful workshop participation, by discussing each week’s readings, by writing in class, and by sharing your work as we go. 4) You’ll attend three campus readings during the quarter. A list of readings will be shortly forthcoming, and I’ll announce them in class as they come up. The readings can also be found at and Please also sign up for the Creative Writing Events listserve by going to and joining or you can like Stanford Creative Writing on Facebook. To grade well in this class: 1. Come on time to all the classes. 2. Turn in all assignments on time. 3. Be well prepared for class discussions and participate thoughtfully and generously in them. 4. Demonstrate seriousness of purpose in all of your written work. 5. Accurately follow the directions of the prompts in your exercises. 6. Demonstrate understanding of craft elements from the class work in your story submission. 7. Make substantial and specific use of the class’s response to your work in your revision. Grading Details 1. Participation and short exercises 25% 3. Submission 1 20% 4. Submission 2 30% 5. Revision 25% Attendance. You may miss only two classes without penalty. After that, each class missed reduces
Responsibilities 1) Your primary creative projects for the semester will be writing two complete short stories, one of fifteen hundred to three thousand words, and one of three thousand to six thousand words, both of which you’ll submit for workshop by your colleagues. You’ll also submit a substantial revision at the end of the quarter. You may revise either story, but the revision needs to reach the length of the longer story. 2) You’ll support the work of your colleagues with written responses of about a page for each workshop. You’ll want the class to treat your own work seriously and generously, and it’s important to return the favor. 3) You’ll support the class overall by thoughtful workshop participation, by discussing each week’s readings, by writing in class, and by sharing your work as we go. 4) You’ll attend three campus readings during the quarter. A list of readings will be shortly forthcoming, and I’ll announce them in class as they come up. The readings can also be found at and Please also sign up for the Creative Writing Events listserve by going to and joining or you can like Stanford Creative Writing on Facebook. To grade well in this class: 1. Come on time to all the classes. 2. Turn in all assignments on time. 3. Be well prepared for class discussions and participate thoughtfully and generously in them. 4. Demonstrate seriousness of purpose in all of your written work. 5. Accurately follow the directions of the prompts in your exercises. 6. Demonstrate understanding of craft elements from the class work in your story submission. 7. Make substantial and specific use of the class’s response to your work in your revision. Grading Details 1. Participation and short exercises 25% 3. Submission 1 20% 4. Submission 2 30% 5. Revision 25% Attendance. You may miss only two classes without penalty. After that, each class missed reduces
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