Madison Smartt Bell, April 18 and 19

Madison Smartt Bell - April 18, 8pm, and April 19, 10:30am

Hi Everyone,
Just a reminder that in lieu of class on Tuesday, you are to attend either the reading on Monday evening at 8pm or the interview on Tuesday morning at 10:30am.

http://memphis.edu/mediaroom/releases/apr11/rcw.htm

Stories for Thursday's class will be posted at left.

Only 2 Stories for class tomorrow!

1, The stories for tomorrow's workshop are at left, Gardner Mounce and Lauren Taylor.
2, Gardner wanted me to say that the margins are coming up wonky and that is not what he intended, please change the format to double spacing so it is easier to read.
3, Thanks everyone for the great conferences.

WORKSHOP Stories now Posted, look to your left for the link

To retrieve stories for workshops, please look the link under "Stories for Workshop."
There are THREE stories for Tuesday.
Have a great weekend!

Terry McMillan tomorrow night!

Terry McMillan at U of M Conference

The Blueprint of a Woman
March 25th & 26th

Keynote Speaker Terry McMillan
Friday, 7pm
U Of M Rose Theater

Deshana Cathey's story, "Judgement Day" for 03/24 copy and paste link below https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=19sXxNSvwTBDeqhSpVU1XpxV22om36MqcY-tYPMPq-5uV67l9YYA1LoYYRt1b&hl=en

Rachel Gann's story, "Bus Stop Therapy" for workshop 03/24, cut and paste this link https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=1zettV5TvWo3nc9JS4HM60PJucP-V59ho1PTXgOv8MZ4KEZ3509HoBY6CSjHQ&hl=en

Ashton Nolen's story,"The Wrong Kind of Love" for Workshop 03/22

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=1pezWXI5VsTv0yV3oK6SS8dbENv2ipLuedIHKyZl_kNavfK2FdKKekFMw6Ica&hl=en

Question to ask of the WORKSHOP story and Your OWN Story

There will be two stories workshopped on Thursday. Hopefully we'll all receive stories from Shequita and Alex via ecourseware.

Along with the Guidelines outlining Elements of Fiction, here are some direct questions that will help you write a 1/2 to full page to your peer about their story.

1, Whose story is it? How does your story reflect this? Is the point of view right for the story?

2, What does the main character want? Where is this indicated in the story? What is the conflict?

3, Does the character have an inner life?

4, Does the story both show and tell, especially toward the end of the story?

5, Is the beginning sentence the best way or place to start the story?

6, Does the dialogue serve the story well and move the plot along?

7, What about that ending? leave you hanging? tied up in a bow? are you heartbroken?

You don't need to answer every one of those for your comments but ask them all of the story and then write your reader response.

Looking forward to workshopping with you all!

Reading by Poet Albert Goldbarth, tomorrow night, March 16th!

The University of Memphis’ River City Writers Series will welcome poet and essayist Albert Goldbarth for two events on Wednesday, March 16. He will conduct an interview at 10:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall, Room 456, and read from his work at 8 p.m. in the University Center Bluff Room. Both events are free and open to the public.