Greeting for Week Two

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Week Two

As always, read with care the Reading and Writing Assignments for the week; the notes are keyed to all the readings, and they discuss here and there the writing assignments for this week.

Remember to turn in the assignments as one document and, of course, share with your fellow writers what you write.

The video I made for Week Two last year covers identical material, so make sure to watch and listen carefully. The video discusses this week's writing assignment and makes suggestions about your participation in the discussion threads: get in early and often.

Experiment in your posts with hyperlinks--I tried to include some in  my own postings on the threads last week and refer you to the link, Creating a Hyperlink, on this blog that discusses how to make a hyperlink. Just click on the images for a larger image.

Enjoy a fun and productive week.

Creative Writing 2013 Week One

Cedar Waxwing

Welcome to Creative Writing for Fall 2013

As always at the beginning of the new week, give the week's video a look; after viewing the short video at the end of this entry, watch the greeting from a previous year if you like.

Most of the videos here come from previous years, but I kept the assignments pretty similar--unlike last year, however, you will not have a proctored final.  That said, you will create by the term's conclusion a video of yourself reading and discussing pieces of your work.

I will talk more over the next weeks about this fun exercise that everyone enjoyed last year.


I made a very short video for this year that will appear here--short because technical problems frustrated the first three attempts.  I will make a new video for you by Sunday evening this week, August 18.


This week's videos address the assignment for this week, the Final Video Project (remember:  we no longer have proctored requirements), and Discussion Threads. I also offer some suggestions about how to begin making your prose all the more emphatic and effective.

If you do not know how to create hyperlinks on the Discussion Threads, the preceding link should help you; just click on the image to enlarge the information.


Again, welcome to Creative Writing and make sure to watch both the videos.

If you have questions, e-mail me right away.

New introduction for Fall 3013:





Introduction from Fall 2011: