Week 2: Fall 2011

What amazing sentence, phrase, moment would you like to share from your writer/blog? Wow us with your selection and tell us why you think your selection is wow inducing. And, wow inducing can be good, bad or ugly.

Since it's Labor Day weekend, you can post up until Monday night.

You and your writer

Who are you going to follow? What does your writer write about and how often?

Day 1

Welcome!

1. The blog (your lifeline to this class: syllabus, postings, and more), the course, the teacher, the students (one word to describe yourself as writer; one word to describe your writing)
2. Goal setting: in terms of writing, set three effort goals. Effort goals are 100% measurable and 100% under your control.
3. Read George Orwell's Why I Write.
1. How would you describe Orwell's style? tone? overall impression?

Homework

1. Check the blog for the syllabus