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USE THIS SPACE to post questions that you might otherwise email me, particularly questions that you think the entire class would like to know the answer too. You'll have an answer within 24 hours of posting. Certainly continue to email me with questions of a personal nature, but use this page for the kinds of questions folks are typically asking in class.
ADDITIONALLY, use this space this week in particular to ask questions related to the Syllabus Check In assignment, explained on the syllabus, due this week.
22 Comments
Maddie Staples
2/6/2021 08:12:53 am
In regard to the author interview assignment: what are the parameters of an "author?" If my intention is to go to grad school, could I interview a professor or current graduate student about that kind of upper-level academic writing?
LT
2/11/2021 06:53:02 pm
Hi Maddie. It seems that I failed to make the assignment page visible, but I have now. I think I cover this in the assignment description. If you still have questions, tomorrow in class you'll have a chance to ask it.
Paige Couture
2/6/2021 10:49:25 am
For the rethink/revise project, can I write about the same story that I was going to use in my writers notebook? I have another idea I can use--just was curious.
LT
2/11/2021 06:55:26 pm
The Revise/Rethink should be a project you completed earlier in your academic career. It's not clear to me in your writer's notebook if that is the case with what you are writing about there. But if it is something that you produced in a previous semester, you can use it.
Derek Krysko
2/7/2021 07:52:51 am
(Syllabus check in question)
LT
2/11/2021 06:56:35 pm
I don't really care. Just as long as I know what is new material.
Lynne Campbell
2/7/2021 12:25:08 pm
Is there a page limit for the "rethink/revise" text that we can work on. I would like to revise a short story for my assignment, but it's about 20 pages and I was wondering if that was too long.
LT
2/11/2021 06:58:25 pm
That's not too long. I think 20 pages is probably the limit of what folks in your workshop are willing to read.
Emily Spagna
2/7/2021 03:46:20 pm
Is there a length requirment for the rethink/revise piece? What would be too many pages?
LT
2/11/2021 06:59:45 pm
Length is dependent on what you are revising. I would say between 10 and 20 pages is probably a decent length for prose. Poetry could probably be more, but not much more.
Matt McGuirk
2/8/2021 10:55:08 am
For the workshopping in this class, you mention how we will make our materials available to the class and suggest keeping everything in one Google doc. Instead of keeping everything in one long Google doc, could I create a Google folder with all my material and then share it with everyone? That way each assignment has its own document, and it might be easier to keep a draft and then a final version, too.
LT
2/11/2021 07:00:12 pm
sure.
Brittany Ann Oppenheimer
2/10/2021 11:10:10 am
I have a question about the syllabus. It says during week three that we do have in person class. This confuses me because I thought after the second week the class would switch between online and offline learning. So since the last two classes we had together online, doesn't that mean this week we have to work on stuff on our own without being in class? I just wanted to make sure. Maybe I read it wrong, but I know during the week three part of the syllabus it says "in class" which is why I am confused.
Matt McGuirk
2/10/2021 11:23:16 am
Our class is supposed to go from 12:20 - 2:55. However, Professor Torda has altered the timeframe so we just meet from 12:30 to 2:30. Because she's ending class a half hour early, we will make up for that lost half hour with asynchronous work during the week. So we will have class every Friday unless we are told otherwise. Does this help, Brittany?
Brittany Ann Oppenheimer
2/10/2021 09:11:17 pm
Sort of. I still think Professor Torda said we were suppose to have class online every other week. Unless I am really tired right now, I believe that is what she said. I think she does this for all her classes on the site. I'm taking YA with her and she does this for that class too. Is what you said on the syllabus somewhere? Cause I had trouble finding it. If you can point me to it that would be very helpful. Thanks! :)
LT
2/11/2021 07:01:12 pm
You are confusing the schedule for 344, which you are also in, with ENGL 489. 489 meets for two hours face-to-face every week.
Amanda Guindon
2/10/2021 01:40:52 pm
(Syllabus Assignment)
LT
2/11/2021 07:04:07 pm
I think I'm OK with this. You might ask your thesis advisor about this. Additionally, I'd like to know a bit more about your thesis. I guess I hesitated a little because if it is an academic thesis, I've never really encountered that in 489, but, at the same time, it's still writing. It's still research. So, again, I'm OK with that. However, check with your thesis advisor to be safe on that end.
CJ Hall
2/11/2021 02:40:40 pm
Can we please have the order of the books to be read after Interior Chinatown. I don’t need dates. Just the order, so I can prioritize my time effectively as I have 14 other books besides this class. Including five English novels from the 19th century. Drudgery. But required.
LT
2/12/2021 09:24:42 am
The syllabus is fully up to date CJ. Keep in mind that, yes, we have book length readings but we also have readings on weeks that we don't have books due. I know you know this. I'm just saying it.
Marissa Merlino
2/11/2021 08:32:51 pm
Will we be doing any written workshops in this course or only workshopping on Zoom?
LT
2/19/2021 09:27:47 am
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking if you are going to have to read and respond in writing to your classmates writing? If so, the answer is yes. I'm assuming you don't mean are we going to meet in person. Leave a Reply. |
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