Homework Day 3: Writing Longer

Readings Due Before Class:

1. Winterson: start section 2 (Villanelle)

Assignments Due Before Class:

1. Journal: observation/description of an "interesting" story you've heard or seen; or a bit of language/dialogue you hear or see; or some prose descriptions of people/objects/settings around you; or some deep philosophical issues you are intensely engaged with (things you could bring into your fiction writing).  You should be doing 3 or more entries each week (but who's counting).  This isn't something you will turn in, but must be able to show me evidence of for the Midterm and Final.
2. 1st Story Draft on disk and/or emailed to yourself: since we're reading novels in this class, this might be a good time to make yourself push in to longer stories or even the start of a novel, so this assignment might be chapter 1. If you want to be more plot/idea focused in your process, you can try writing a novel outline before you start ("what next?" should be your guiding question, even if it leads to the absurd).

Lee's Lecture Notes