The TV

I handed out this story on Thursday (if you were absent there are copies outside my office...room 1141) and I am interested to see what you guys think. Is it supposed to have a larger message about mankind? Is it just about a slacker? Here is a link to a blog that asks some of the same questions.


http://perpetualfolly.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-yorker-tv-by-ben-loory.html


Have a good weekend.


Prof. O'Connell

Capote

02-15-11

We will start watching Capote today in class. Below are a few links to more information on Capote's writing style.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/truman-capote/introduction/58/

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/84708/infamous_fictionalized_account_of_truman.html

Prof. O'Connell

Purple Prose

Here are some links that discuss purple prose to go along with what we covered on Tuesday:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PurpleProse


http://home.alphalink.com.au/~umbidas/purple_prose.htm


http://www.fiction-writers-mentor.com/purple-prose.html

As you can see and as we discussed it is a thin line between purple prose and good descriptive writing. Hopefully we can figure that out as the semester goes along.

SHORT STORY DUE TOMORROW!!!

Prof. O'Connell

News Story Assignment

Hey--

Here is a link with a few pointers for the upcoming assignment:

http://www.suite101.com/content/creative-writing-in-news-articles-a62813

Here is a link to a Joyce Carol Oates story that she wrote after she read an article about a murder:

http://jco.usfca.edu/works/wgoing/text.html

Here is some of the back story for the above story:

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/schmid/oates_9.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834699,00.html

So bring a news story to class on Tuesday that you would like to build a background story around.

...and have a good weekend.


Prof. O'Connell

First Post and Syllabus

So I will post questions, further readings and stuff like that here.

Here is a link that relates to what we'll be working on in class Thursday 2/3.

http://www.sixwordstories.net/2008/12/for-sale-baby-shoes-never-used-ernest-hemmingway/

Prof. O'Connell

2/1 T Group work with short stories, A Very Short Story by Earnest

Hemmingway pg. 263, In class Exercise A Very Short Story, Read Just Before the War With the Eskimos

2/3 R Just Before the War With the Eskimos, Read 62-69, Bring in a story from the news

for next class

2/8 T Group Work with pgs. 62-69 and news story, Typed 2 page story built around news story due Tues 2/15, Read The Laughing Man for next class

2/10 R 2 page story built around news story due, The Laughing Man, In class Writing Prompt # 11

2/15 T In Cold Blood (Film)

2/17 R In Cold Blood (Film), Read Figures of Speech pgs. 81-85  for next class.

2/22 T In class Writing Prompt #9, Five Senses Piece due 3/1

2/24 R  In class assignment, Read TV Handout

3/1 T Five Senses Piece due, TV Handout

3/3 R In class Writing Prompt # 7, You can take the kid out of Brooklyn…assignment due next class

3/8 T You can take the kid out of Brooklyn…assignment due, ABC Assignment, Typed ABC Assignment due Tuesday 11/9, Read Down at the Dinghy for next class

3/10 R Down at the Dinghy, Read Narration and Its Techniques pgs. 212-216

AND “Sunday in the Park” pgs. 269-272

3/15 T In class Writing Prompt # 2, Personal Narrative Due Thursday 3/24 3 pages, typed double-spaced, Read For Esme-with Love and Squalor

3/17 R For Esme-with Love and Squalor, Think About a topic and bring in some piece of writing associated with something that bothers you or something you feel very strongly about

3/22 T In class Writing Prompt # 3, Type 1 Page Blog Due Tues 3/29,

3/24 R Fahrenheit 9/11 (Film)

3/29 T Fahrenheit 9/11 (Film)Read Pretty My Mouth and Green My Eyes

3/31 R Pretty My Mouth and Green My Eyes, Read pgs. 314-317 for next class

4/5 T Group Work on pg, 317, 319-320 In class dialogue assignment,

4/7 R Group Work with Figures of Speech, Assign Groups and exchange information Read pgs. 175-182 for next class

4/12 T 175-182, Group Work with The Elements of Fiction (Type up your section for next class)

4/14 R Group Work with The Elements of Fiction

4/19 T In assignment

4/21 R Final Group Work Due