Next Week, April 29 th Spoken Word performances! Spoken Word performances! Workshop mania Workshop mania Week After Next, May 6 th New Media/Visual performances! New Media/Visual performances! Workshop mania Workshop mania Everyone is required to do either a spoken word or a visual poetry/New Media performance, which counts as a 7-pt. “quiz.” These will give you a little experience with creative writing in both its most ancient and its newest incarnations.

Spoken Word Performance Instructions Perform a spoken piece for the class, roughly 5-10 minutes. Perform a spoken piece for the class, roughly 5-10 minutes. Practice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Practice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Project. Proe-JECT. Project. Proe-JECT. Feel free to use sound effects, music, special garb. Feel free to use sound effects, music, special garb. Pay attention to “Spoken Word Poetry” Power Point, and “What makes a good spoken word performance?” slide. Also heed the audio samples played in class. Pay attention to “Spoken Word Poetry” Power Point, and “What makes a good spoken word performance?” slide. Also heed the audio samples played in class. Criteria—Performance should be Engaging Engaging Inventive Inventive Energetic and/or of adequate intensity Energetic and/or of adequate intensity Well-rehearsed Well-rehearsed Well-projected, audible Well-projected, audible Well-paced Well-paced

New Media Performance Instructions Present to the class some form of visual poetry, whether electronic or hardcopy. Present to the class some form of visual poetry, whether electronic or hardcopy. Presentation should include showing the piece as well as some narration, roughly 5-10 minutes. You can talk to us about what you were aiming for, what problems and successes you had, what possibilities the piece suggests to you for future work. Presentation should include showing the piece as well as some narration, roughly 5-10 minutes. You can talk to us about what you were aiming for, what problems and successes you had, what possibilities the piece suggests to you for future work.Criteria Materials should be VISIBLE. Materials should be VISIBLE. Materials should work properly. Materials should work properly. Materials and narration should be well-REHEARSED. Materials and narration should be well-REHEARSED. Piece should be Piece should be o Engaging o Inventive o Of adequate complexity and interest o Without sentimentality

Coursework Review Notebook: 30 pts. Notebook: 30 pts. Quizzes: 20 pts. Quizzes: 20 pts. Minimum of 2 Workshop Sessions: check/no check (this, plus attendance, participation, and misc. class exercises will be factored subjectively into final semester numerical score) Minimum of 2 Workshop Sessions: check/no check (this, plus attendance, participation, and misc. class exercises will be factored subjectively into final semester numerical score) Chapbook: 50 pts. Chapbook: 50 pts. Quiz points to date: 13 Final quiz: spoken word and new media performance: 7 pts.

Your Notebook Minimum 30 typed, double-spaced pages (or equivalent). May be hardcopy or electronic. Should be a fun, plugged-in, and free kind of writing—notes, idea lists, drafts, musings, questions, rants, brainstorming, self-administered exercises, reading reports, and so on. Raw, unedited, a chance to be stupid and wrong.

Your Workshop Experience Is meant, obviously, to help you revise and improve your work. (Material in chapbook should show progress.) Is also meant to give you experience as an editor—both of your own and others’ work.

Your Chapbook A chance to see your stuff in collected form; a chance to see patterns, personal themes and obsessions. A chance to see your stuff in collected form; a chance to see patterns, personal themes and obsessions. A chance to see what your work looks like as a polished and complete whole. A chance to see what your work looks like as a polished and complete whole. A chance to learn how books are put together. A chance to learn how books are put together.

Feel lost as a beginning writer? Want to try your hand at publishing? Have questions about how to get started? Want to learn more?

Writer’s Link → Organizations → Poets & Writers Inc. Questions for Young Writers Call for Submissions (Classifieds) Conferences and Festivals Contests Interviews with writers Articles about the writing life Ads for MFA programs Writer’s Link → Online Journals and Magazines Try also Writer ’ s Market, Dustbooks publications, etc. Read publisher ’ s criteria, circulation, years in service GET COPIES OF INDIVIDUAL MAGS AND READ INTENSIVELY Also check out AWP (Associated Writing Programs)

To Submit Work to Journals Name, , and address on every page. Clean manuscript with pagination. Cover letter? Maybe, but be careful. NEVER send your only copy. Include SASE!!! If editors request submissions by , follow their instructions exactly.

Poems Scheduled for Today No time to discuss thoroughly. As we discuss remaining course topics and as we workshop your stuff during our remaining class sessions, I’ll have us look at specific pieces which were assigned: James Wright, Frank Bidart, et al.

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