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Tag Archives: fiction workshop
How Much Is Too Much, Part II
Last week, I blogged about the quandary of how to respond to student work. Here, a few writing teachers I admire share their approaches. Laurie Ann Doyle teaches creative writing at UC Berkeley Extension. Her story “Restraint” will be published … Continue reading
Posted in craft, teaching, writing
Tagged anthologies, Boston University, characterization, Constance Hale, copyediting, criticsm, feedback, fiction workshop, fiction writing, Harvard University, Hawthorne Books, Holding Silvan, intimacy, Laurie Ann Doyle, Lindsey Crittenden, Madonna and Me, Midway Journal, Monica Wesolowska, motivation, narrative nonfiction, novels, online teaching, positive critique, positive feedback, praise, revision, Sin and Syntax, Stanford Continuing Ed, student-teacher relationship, syntax, teaching, teaching writing, Tomo, UC Berkeley Extension, University of San Francisco, Wendy Tokunaga, Will Baker, writing as process, writing classes
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Don’t ask, don’t tell
Note: there will be no post next Friday, 12/30. Check back 1/6/12. Happy New Year! The question comes up at parties, over dinner with new friends, next to a chatty traveler on an airplane. The inevitable ice-breaker— What do you … Continue reading
Posted in craft, writing
Tagged 1969 moon landing, anguished question, Away from Trees, childhood, courthouse, creative process, drafting process, fiction, fiction themes, fiction workshop, fiction writing, ghost town, intuition, kidnapping, loss, planting symbols, revision, Wallace Stegner
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It’s been a good couple weeks on the fiction front. First, though, a confession: I haven’t written in months – written written, that is. My work has taken a backseat to wedding planning, helping organize two major moves (fiancé in; … Continue reading
Posted in community, craft, reading, teaching, writing, writing groups
Tagged blog, Cody Gates, fiction, Fiction Intensive, fiction workshop, fiction writing, Good Letters, Jane Anne Staw, Laurie Ann Doyle, Lindsey Critenden, revision, Rincon, Ryan Sloan, UC Berkeley Extension, writers' group, writing fiction
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