We'll finish workshop on your Terkel pieces. Then we'll move on to a discussion of Sedaris. We'll try a few humor writing prompts, which you'll develop into a short (750-800 word) essay for next Tuesday. Please bring one hard copy of your essay for me when we meet for the Writers Festival next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in VH 118. Our guest that night will be filmmaker Tony Buba, who will discuss a particular kind of creative nonfiction: documentary filmmaking.
The following Tuesday, April 16, we'll meet again at 7 p.m. in VH 118, this time for the English Writing Capstone readings featuring several of our graduating senior creative nonfiction writers. I'll return your humor essays to you that night, along with a checklist you'll use to compile your final portfolio for our class.
Remember that you're able to revise all of your pieces for your portfolio, though you're required to do only one in-depth revision of one piece. The checklist will provide more details.
We'll meet for our final class on Tuesday, April 23 to wrap a discussion of our last book (we'll choose between Adderall Diaries and Stitches). Your final portfolios will be due at my office, 208 FOB, by 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. If you'd like your portfolio returned, please submit a SASE and I'll mail it back to you over the summer.
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