On April 30, Catherine, Christine, and Fin will send us all drafts; on May 7, Aly, Julie, Kaz, and Lucy will do the same. Each student will have 30 minutes of class time to workshop their submission.

When you send us your draft, tell us a little about your draft:

• How close to a complete draft is it?
• How close to a complete essay is it?
• What are gaps or questions you want help with?
• Do you want line edits? Or is it too early for that?

Also, tell us what kind of workshop would be helpful to you:

• A general workshop, where we read and offer whatever feedback comes to mind
• A targeted workshop, where we focus on particular elements of craft–say, character, structure, narration, opening and closing paragraphs, setting and scene, or whatever else you might want to specify. Of course, you might also request a combination of targeted tasks.

An even more targeted workshop, zooming in on particular elements or mechanics:

• For example, highlight all verbs and pronouns; or adjectives and adjectives. See what that yields.
• Highlight showing and telling (or action and exposition) in different colors. See what that yields.
• Highlight dialogue and internal dialogue (or maybe indirect speech or free indirect speech)
• Highlight language that reveals setting
• Highlight language that reveals character traits and relationships

The writer should let us know how to focus the workshop. Any combination of the above is fair game, as are other ideas writers come up with. Just be sure what you request makes sense for a thirty-minute session.

Readers should bring in notes and feedback for the writers. The form of these will vary depending on the type of workshop each writer has requested.

Revisions are due, to me, via email, by Wednesday, May 18 (meaning, really, before the morning of May 19.