For those of you who don't know me because you're incoming juniors, or brand new to the creative writing program, or because it was a long summer and you've forgotten everything that happened last year, my name is Molly Gaudry, and I've been volunteering for Dr. Joy's junior and senior creative writing majors since the beginning of the 2006-2007 schoolyear. For the most part, I bring in published stories from recent issues of well-known literary journals for everyone to read and discuss, and the rest of our time together is devoted to workshopping student writing. In keeping with tradition, I will occasionally post links to such stories or poems, and I hope you will read them with an open mind, and then comment on them in the space provided.
After assessing my experiences of the past two years working primarily with the juniors, I thought I'd try something new this time around. Rather than waste paper making copies for workshop participants, I decided that blogging was the way to go. Additionally (as if saving paper isn't incentive enough!), I'm confident that blogging will encourage more workshop participation, and in a way that caters to your busy schedules.
In the past, I've had problems with some writers participating a lot and others hardly ever saying or writing a word, and this is never fair to the student whose writing is up for discussion. Workshopping on this blog, though, should help to eliminate this problem because now you can post stories on your own time, as you write and revise them, without deadlines. Likewise, readers can provide comments and suggestions whenever they happen to be in the reading/commenting mood. And those who would rather not have anything to do with this process don't ever have to read a thing.
This blog, then, is for self-motivated writers who understand that they are part of a larger community of writers. And, as always, I am happy to provide whatever comments and suggestions I can, in addition to those of your classmates.
Until we meet again in person,
Molly Gaudry
M_gaudry@yahoo.com
http://greencitynews.blogspot.com/
One last thing: In an effort to keep this blog as organized as possible, please write the title of your poem or story (please try to limit short fiction to 1,500 words) in the title box, and write your name in the label box. This way, Dr. Joy and I can keep track of who's submitting, and how often. Thanks!
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