Day 11

M-Tu Dec. 2-3

Reading by Flora
A word on revising

Homework

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Due at midnight (11:59pm) on Sunday May 14 (China time)

Choose one of your three essays—the one you’re proudest of, or most interested in improving—and revise it into a complete, polished work that you could imagine being published in the Literary Atlas of DKU, or elsewhere.

➤ Write a “postcard from the present”

Write a 4-6 sentence paragraph that attempts to capture, as vivdly as possible, a moment between now and next class. Make the reader feel “there.” Write in such a way that, if you were to read this postcard ten years from now, you would feel as if you were back in that moment again.

Upload your postcard to our Box folder.

➤ Decide which essay to revise

By next class, please decide (at least tentatively) which of your essays you want to revise and submit as your final project.

➤ Begin revising

The earlier you begin revising, the better the work will become — so get started soon! I am willing to give you feedback on as many revision attempts as you wish; it all depends on how motivated you are to work on it and make it better.

If you want to get started revising your character essay immediately, please message me so I know to get you feedback as quickly as possible.

➤ Go back and look at endings

Look at the endings of the following pieces: “The Old House at Home,” “Orange Crush,” “Southern Summers,” “The Man Who Eats,” and “Mazie.” For each one, ask yourself: Why does the author choose to end this way? Come prepared to share next class.

WOC190 Spring 2020 Session 4