Week 14: Last Week of Blog Posting

Hello class! I'm sad to say, this week marks your final week in preparing creative nonfiction for blog posts. Next week, you'll visit your group members' blogs once more for review, but this week, you finish with your assignment routine. As you successfully finish out this course, scan the pages and pages of writing that you've posted to your blog. Your lives are rich books, aren't they? I hope you are as impressed by what you've accomplished as I am. Consider keeping your blogs and continuing to write for writing's sake... or at least, save a copy of your precious writing on your computer or in print. Read it a year from now, five years from now, or even further down the road and impress yourselves with the knowledge that you always were, and continue to be, an original and extraordinary being. Consider sharing your writing. Share with someone you're close to, or send your best writing out to be considered for publication. Continue writing. Consider enrolling in more writing classes during your college career, or organize a writer's circle. For the purposes of this course, I'll ask you to keep your blogs up and running at least until final grades are posted. After that, it's up to you! Next week, we'll focus on drafts of final essays. You could begin writing a rough draft as early as you'd like, and you're welcome to see me for assistance. This is my final post to the class blog site, as next week, you'll turn your focus to Blackboard for work on the Final Essay. It's been a pleasure to work with all of you. You've kept me delighted throughout the semester with heartfelt and evocative writing. I couldn't be more appreciative if I'd known you all in-person in a traditional classroom... you've truly shared yourselves with me and with each other, and for that, I'm very lucky. Make this week the best yet. With gratitude and appreciation for your fine work as writers, Amisha GREAT HITS Directions: Stay on this page and scroll til your entire list of classmates is visible on the screen. Close your eyes. Ramdomly touch your screen. Open your eyes. Drag your finger to a name directly to the right, or closest to your finger. Visit this writer's blog. Enjoy! WRITING TIP OF THE WEEK Writers Plan Goals and Rewards Upon successfully finishing this course, you have created more writing than most professional writers do in the span of 4 months. You have accomplished creating an entire portfolio of stories, any one of which could be revised to a publishable standard and shared through print media, revised as a screenplay, interpreted as dance, song, or otherwise. Trust me... you deserve a reward. What will your reward for finishing your writing goal be? Start thinking about the perfect reward for your accomplishments now... and don't forget to reward yourself promptly when the semester ends out. (Confused about what to reward yourself? Send me an email with your mailing address for mid-May and I will happily mail you a mix CD.)