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Weekly Reminders for Intro to Creative Writing

Week One

Getting Started

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:52 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week one! This is the first of 12 weekly pages that provide information and suggestions for the various weeks. Let’s dive right in. First things first: view ...


Week Two

Settling In

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week two! What are we supposed to be doing this week? Reading , primarily. Make sure that you’ve chosen a book and have started reading. You may also wish to...


Week Three

Looking Ahead

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week three! What are we supposed to be doing this week? Reading . Make sure you continue to do some reading. Your first project – your reading project – is...


Week Four

The Reading Project

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:53 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week four! Here we are: a month into the semester, a third of the way through the 12-week block of material for this course. So, for this week: see if you ca...


Week Five

Keep Going!

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:54 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week five. For many people, this is about the time when the honeymoon period ends. The excitement of starting a new semester gets snowed under by the reality ...


Week Six

Halfway There!

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:54 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week six – halfway through the 12-week provisional schedule that we have for the projects and activities for this course. So congratulations, you are halfway ...


Week Seven

Deepening Our Experiences

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:54 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week seven. This week is largely about deepening our experiences of creative practice. You’ve been reading, writing, reflecting, and hopefully those activitie...


Week Eight

Deepening Our Experiences

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:55 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week eight! Here we are: two months into the semester, two-thirds of the way through the 12-week block of material for this course. So, for this week: see if...


Week Nine

The Bridge

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:55 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week nine. This week is the bridge: we’re not in the home stretch yet, but we’re close. We’re just at that point where you can start to see the downhill slide...


Week Ten

The Home Stretch

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:56 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week ten! Here we are, on the last leg of our journey. The home stretch. Thanks for hanging in with me so far. Our creative activity for this week is focus...


Week Eleven

Focusing and Finalizing

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:56 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week eleven. This is the week in which you work toward finalizing all of your projects – particularly the self-awareness project . Hopefully you can take a b...


Week Twelve

The Final Countdown

Jan. 6, 2024, 3:56 p.m. • Ross Laird

Welcome to week twelve. Let’s start with the facts: everything is due in a few days. Please do not miss the deadline! As we discussed way back in week one, missing thi...