Class on 9.29 will be in CAS 236.
Reflections on what writing workshops/peer review work is for:
A writer learns to write by writing. And revising. And reading. Also by looking at other works in progress. I see a workshop as a place in which “things” are made and/or “repaired.” It’s a place where we plan our prose and polish and sand, stand back and admire, catch imperfections in the wood or finish or design. A workshop is a “working” place where each item is given loving care and attention. It’s a place where we aren’t afraid to get out hands dirty taking apart a piece, dusting it, oiling it, chiseling if needed, refitting and putting it back together. And sometimes taking it apart more than once. It’s a place where sometimes we can use the old Amish expression “many hands make light the work.” In our case, it’s many minds who, with care and love for the material itself, will look for ways in which to make it “work” better, smoother, easier, more beautifully for the reader. To help the writer re-see, rethink, review what’s on the page and what isn’t. To question and probe and praise.
- Ruth Moose
Things to consider:
Reflections on what writing workshops/peer review work is for:
A writer learns to write by writing. And revising. And reading. Also by looking at other works in progress. I see a workshop as a place in which “things” are made and/or “repaired.” It’s a place where we plan our prose and polish and sand, stand back and admire, catch imperfections in the wood or finish or design. A workshop is a “working” place where each item is given loving care and attention. It’s a place where we aren’t afraid to get out hands dirty taking apart a piece, dusting it, oiling it, chiseling if needed, refitting and putting it back together. And sometimes taking it apart more than once. It’s a place where sometimes we can use the old Amish expression “many hands make light the work.” In our case, it’s many minds who, with care and love for the material itself, will look for ways in which to make it “work” better, smoother, easier, more beautifully for the reader. To help the writer re-see, rethink, review what’s on the page and what isn’t. To question and probe and praise.
- Ruth Moose
Things to consider:
o
Composition
of group (how many.who)
o
Circulating
work
o
Reading
aloud: you don't have a choice on this
o
Group
roles (chairperson, timekeeper, facilitator)
o
Protocols
for responding to work (For example: 1. writer states what kind of feedback
he/she needs. 2. Piece read out loud. 3. Group responds)
o
Writer’s
role (possible suggestions):
- provides copies of work (posts to portfolio, sends email with link, provides hard copies. . .)
- states what kind of feedback s/he would like
o
Reviewer's role (Suggestions from Peter Elbow)
§ Pointing to
useful phrases
§ Summarizing the
work
§ Telling
reactions to piece - in general and to specific parts
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