Archive for August, 2008
Engl 476/576: Your commonplace books must be set up by Friday. Engl 317: Yours must be set up no later than noon on Saturday. For both classes, my suggestion to get you started was a hook, a great opening line from a book, story, poem, song that you love. You’re not required to start this […]
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The Plan–Students Commonplacing
The plan is actually pretty simple. Over the next week or so, as classes begin, I, along with my brilliant nonfiction colleague, Scout, will be adding links for our workshop students’ commonplace books. Students will be expected to post in these commonplace books minimally once a week. The schedule for students’ posting will be given […]
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For years I’ve gathered these kinds of bits and pieces, as I suspect most writers and thinkers do, mostly in my favorite old-fashioned black and white composition books, quotes, lines of poetry or songs, even recipes, hand-copied on to paper. I’ll probably always do so. But I also love the internet. I love the rapidity […]
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~Creative Writing at Longwood University~ An Education for the Working Writer The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake a sense of wonder in the world. G.K. Chesterton The Department of English and Modern Languages at Longwood University, situated in the beautiful rolling piedmont of Virginia, offers an undergraduate concentration and […]
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Creative Writing at Longwood 