Welcome to Creative Writing in H203! WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING ...

GOALS OF THE COURSE
To practice the craft of imaginative writing with clarity, purpose, and understanding.
To create within this classroom a community of writers who rely on one another for respectful, honest,
and useful observation and feedback.
To explore the choices made by professional writers as models for our own work.
To use feedback and reflection to describe our progress and set goals for ourselves as writers, readers,
and editors.
HOMEWORK
Expect to have 1‐3 hours of homework a week.
Turn in all assignments complete and on time for full credit.
Please TYPE all work submitted for workshop and portfolio. Handwritten work will receive only partial
credit and cannot be workshopped.
OUR PAPERLESS CLASSROOM
Since every student now has an iPad, we will for the most part be going paperless. You will download
readings and other handouts into a Creative Writing binder in Notability.
In‐class exercises may be completed on the iPad and stored in the electronic binder or completed on
paper or in a notebook you bring to class.
Share all workshop pieces and revised stories with the class in Google Docs. If you’re working on the
iPad, I suggest typing in Pages and uploading to Google Docs. If you’re typing on a laptop or desktop, do
it directly in Google Docs.
QUARTERLY REQUIREMENTS
Weekly or bi‐weekly workshop pieces. These are due every week or so. They will be read and discussed in
class. As you will learn from our early assignments, the assignments will usually have very specific
criteria.
The grading of these workshop pieces is simple. If you turn them in on time, follow directions, and
meet the requirements, you will receive full credit. If they are late or do not meet the requirements, you
will lose points. Therefore, it is crucial that you submit these assignments on time. Note that they are
expected to be draft quality, not finished pieces.
At least one revised piece. "Finished" means a workshop piece that has been developed and revised to
your satisfaction and mine, using the steps of the writing process.
Occasional written feedback on classmates’ work (done in Google Docs).
In‐class exercises. These may be warm‐ups for writing assignments, group projects, or responses to a
variety of stimuli (photographs, paintings, music, quotations).
Occasional reflections and metacognitive work on your progress as a writer, reader, editor and class
participant.