TO DO

Today:

1. Email your tangents to Emmaline at emmaline.potts@yahoo.com
2. If you haven't emailed your bios to us, please do it today. 
3. Print a copy of of your bios and give to the TAs.

By the end of the day tomorrow:

1. Mail your journal piece or pieces to Emmaline for copy editing (1-3 pieces, no more than 3k words). 
2.  Print out AND email your piece(s) for the reading. That would be 300-400 words.

Wedneday, July 30

Write a scene featuring 2 characters. In the scene, conflict should arise in escalating absurdity. Have fun with this!

Monday, July 28th.

Write a monologue in which a character defends a morally reprehensible act that he/she has committed. Thorough your monologue, it should be clear what the offensive act was, and why specifically the character feels the need to justify himself/herself.

Weds, July 23rd.

Write a scene involving 2 characters in which the conflict is rooted in something that both characters want, but only ONE of them can have.

Tuesday, 7/22

Craft: Pace (sentence-level)

Prompt: Write a piece that conveys a pace: very fast, slow, moderate, etc., and matches or juxtaposes it to the content.

Day 6: Intro to playwriting

Writing studio prompt: Write a scene in which both characters have just witnessed something horrific. In this scene, each character should have a clear desire/motivation. By the end, the characters should have swapped desire/motivation.

Master Class: Carolyn MacCullough

Author Carolyn MacCullough writes books for young adults. Carolyn MacCullough teaches creative writing to adults and teen-agers, composition to some very unenthusiastic freshmen, and more ESL. She published three books: Falling Through Darkness, Stealing Henry and Drawing the Ocean. Currently teaching creative writing at Gotham Writers, Inc. and a summer creative writing class for The New School.



Here is a link to her Amazon author's page and her Goodreads page.