Great party last night. Solid crowd. Good energy. No fights.
Here’s the recap:
I tripped over my own rules when I projected the Hemingway paragraph from yesterday’s post, only to realize that it only contains two sentences and thus violates my three-sentence requirement. I’ll either tweak or dump that rule.
Otherwise the material held up well.
I was especially [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘classes’
August 5, 2009
Paragraph Party Postmortem
August 4, 2009
Consider the Paragraph
The first Paragraph Party happens tonight. It’s sold out, which is encouraging, and there’s already talk of running it again. (More information TK.)
As part of my preparation I’ve redefined the paragraph. Here are my thoughts:
1. At least three sentences
A handful of words that start out indented is not a paragraph in my world. There’s not [...]
June 29, 2009
Attention Twin Cities: Paragraph Party!
Before I start blasting away with Facebook and Gmail, I wanted to give the good readers of DCWYTBMA the first shot at an exciting and innovative new class I’m teaching at The Loft.
It’s called Paragraph Party and it’s based on the simple premise that writing lives and dies at the paragraph level.
If you can make [...]
June 24, 2009
Notes on My Dream MFA in Writing Program
In response to Louis Menand’s article in The New Yorker about the writing workshop, I’m pleased to present notes (repeat: NOTES) on my dream MFA program.
BASIC STRUCTURE
Two-year program, trimester system, three classes a term for a total of 18 classes.
REQUIRED COURSES
The almighty page
The Sentence
The Paragraph
The Scene
Basic Dramatic Structure
Research, planning, and project management
Introduction to Project Management
Basic [...]
May 7, 2009
Attention Twin Cities: Two Classes by Friends of DCWYTBMA
I know both Frank and Eric and can vouch for their radness. For those of you who are looking for a class this summer you can do no better.
The Search for Story: Writing Narrative Nonfiction
To be a successful nonfiction writer these days, it’s not enough to know how to type, to have a blog, or [...]
