ENGL142 - Storyfirst Online

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Academic Year 2000/2001

Storyfirst Online
ENGL 142 FA

Learn how short stories build from the idea you had into living, breathing fiction. Class meets online in an imagination electronic community specially designed for the course. Discuss your writing in a dynamic real-time workshop and one-on-one conferences. In this user-friendly, text-based environment, anything is possible, and nobody cares if you have a bad hair day, because you are what you type. More at http://www.wesleyan.edu/~storyfirst.

MAJOR READINGS

You'll read my weekly essay on writing dialog, use of detail and other major aspects of fiction writing. In addition to reading and discussing others' work online, you'll be expected to read and post to a class mailing list about everybody's stories and fiction in general. Don't worry, you'll have plenty of technical support.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

You'll write between five and eight pages weekly, turned in on an absolute deadline schedule as real-time workshops will center on your work. Be prepared to give your opinions on each week's stories in discussion and in posts to each other and to the class list.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Online interviews for this course must be scheduled before Wednesday, April 5. After that, the instructor will be out of town. Mail to storyfirst@wesleyan.edu for appointment. Include a sample of your fiction.

Instructor permission on the basis of a short email about why you want the class - and a sample of your fiction. Electronic submissions only. If you don't know how, consult the help desk. Email and writing sample to: storyfirst@wesleyan.edu before the computers open for preregistration. Online interviews available, mail story-first@wesleyan.edu for an appointment and instructions. If you are at home inside your computer this class is made for you. If you're not, you'll get plenty of technical support. Details at http://www.wesleyan.edu~/storyfirst.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Reed,Kit

Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: TBA

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 8)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Writing

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001