Class 10

ANNOUNCEMENT: There are new readings for the last four classes. Disregard the schedule I gave you with the syllabus. Download the new schedule here. Note that we're done with the Flash Fiction Reading Packet now, and moving on to the Great American Prose Poems anthology.

We began today's class with a small workshop of the story due today. I asked everybody to write short letters to their colleagues identifying favorite moments and moments that could use revision.

Then we talked about the "Metafiction" stories we read for today, focusing primarily on "Borges and I." For an interesting perspective on this story, check out John Perry's lecture.

IN-CLASS WRITING: Write the story of writing one of the stories for this class. What is the story based on? Who is it based on? When did you write it? Why? What choices did you make? What choices were most difficult? What do you regret?

HOMEWORK:

1) Read the "Investigating the Moment" prose poems from the Lehman anthology & write a Reading Response.

2) Write a flash story that uses techniques of metafiction discussed in class. Possibilities include: Writing the story of writing a story for this class (as we did for the in-class prompt); writing a story where you, as a writer, are a main character; writing a story about the usage of language in storytelling.