This weekend my summer poets are busily drafting two poems at once (nature poem and free choice), so the next poem assignment, The Form Poem, may not be on their radar yet, but it is Poem 5 in their quest for 8 Poems in 8 Weeks. It may seem odd that I am so enthusiastic … Continue reading Formal Verse and the Unexpected
Online Workshop Feedback
Even though workshop [This is a post for ENG 203, but others can read along] will look different online, what makes good feedback is pretty much the same as face-to-face. The main difference is that your fellow students will not be able to see you when you give feedback, so the little facial movements or … Continue reading Online Workshop Feedback
Thinking about Online Creative Writing Workshop Pedagogy
[ENG 203 students: this is about teaching theory. You will probably be more interested in the entry I wrote specifically for you about workshop etiquette] The traditional writer's workshop with creative writers placed in a circle of desks, one hopes having read the work in advance with previously-made margin-comments that they refer to during workshop, … Continue reading Thinking about Online Creative Writing Workshop Pedagogy
Lanette Cadle 