Welcome back, class of 2014. I hope you all had a restful and
enjoyable summer. But here we are again. This year is partly devoted to
writing scripts (both theatrical and for the screen). What you learn
here can help you improve your fiction "dialogue" skills, examine the use of conflict in your plots, play with language and poetry, as well as
make you a better psychologist (dealing with people in crisis), all the while
honing your writer's craft and developing your writer's voice.
Today, after reviewing the course criteria and updating your computer passwords, we will get started on a couple assignments to begin this course.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Check this blog each class period for agendas, deadlines, educational information, advice, and a whole lot of links to enhance your education. All you have to do is read and click. You are responsible for reading and interacting with the material I post on the blog.
The links also include a variety of things, but for now, you do not need to worry about them. During the course I will direct your attention to these tools for your use in this class and for use in Contemporary Writers.
Today, let's begin playwriting with a character building exercise. You will need a notebook, paper, or computer file to jot down some character notes. See post above this one for further details.
When you have completed your writing, please get together with a friend (or two) and begin reading our first play: Talking With by Jane Martin. More about this play will be detailed next class. Please complete your reading of the play script by Friday, September 7.
HOMEWORK: Read Talking With by Jane Martin and the article by Jean Claude Van Italie. Complete character brainstorm exercise in class.
Today, after reviewing the course criteria and updating your computer passwords, we will get started on a couple assignments to begin this course.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Check this blog each class period for agendas, deadlines, educational information, advice, and a whole lot of links to enhance your education. All you have to do is read and click. You are responsible for reading and interacting with the material I post on the blog.
If
you're absent or missed something in class, please check the blog to
get caught up. As indicated above, each new class period usually includes a new
post. If you have a question about an assignment and are too embarrassed
to speak to me in public (or you have a question that you think you
will forget to ask), feel free to use the comment section.
On our link page you will also find some useful tools for this course. The foremost is a link to our Creative Writing Forum. You will be
expected to use the forum to discuss the major reading and thematic
topics in this course. Electronic forums save paper. You are keeping the
world green by posting responses and reflections there.
The links also include a variety of things, but for now, you do not need to worry about them. During the course I will direct your attention to these tools for your use in this class and for use in Contemporary Writers.
Today, let's begin playwriting with a character building exercise. You will need a notebook, paper, or computer file to jot down some character notes. See post above this one for further details.
When you have completed your writing, please get together with a friend (or two) and begin reading our first play: Talking With by Jane Martin. More about this play will be detailed next class. Please complete your reading of the play script by Friday, September 7.
HOMEWORK: Read Talking With by Jane Martin and the article by Jean Claude Van Italie. Complete character brainstorm exercise in class.
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