UPDATE: SCHEDULE

Below is the revised schedule for the remainder of the Fiction Cycle for our course (Please read the post below this one for Friday's homework); I've included the daily homework assignments I will assign on those particular days, both reading and writing, so you can get a head-start on the material:

03.11.11: "Conflict in Fiction" and "Virgins" (Building Fiction, prompt 3 on page 94 will be assigned for homework during this class session. This is not today's homework; again, please see below post for that information.)

03.14.11: "Continuing Conflict" and "The King of Sentences"
03.16.11: "Endings in Fiction" and "Puppy"

03.18.11: Fiction Mini-Portfolios Due and "Quality of Life"

Your mini-portfolio will contain the following elements, specifically ordered in the below fashion:

1) Rough Draft of your short story.

2) Building Fiction, prompt 3 on page 94.

3) Building Fiction, prompts 1 and 2 on page 80 (3 total).

4) First-person and second-person openings (3 total).

5) Third-person openings (9 total).

6) Types of openings (9 total).

7) 2-3 page flash fiction piece that, loosely, will be the foundation for your short story.

03.21.11: SPRING BREAK, NO CLASS

03.23.11: SPRING BREAK, NO CLASS

03.25.11: SPRING BREAK, NO CLASS

03.28.11: Workshop
03.30.11: Workshop

04.01.11: Workshop

04.04.11: Workshop

04.06.11: Fiction Portfolio Due, begin Creative Non-Fiction Cycle
04.08.11: CLASS CANCELED
04.09.11: Michael Earl Craig and Christian Hawkey at The Drift Station (Saturday).

Also, I will be holding voluntary conferences on the below Tuesdays and Thursdays. I will have a sign up sheet with specific time-slots in Friday's class session. You do not need to schedule an appointment if you do not want to meet with me. But, if you would like to meet and you do not show up to your scheduled time, it will be considered an absence:

03.15.11: Tuesday Conferences

03.17.11: Thursday Conferences

03.29.11: Tuesday Conferences

03.31.11: Thursday Conferences