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Week 1.
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Class Topic/Activity
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Reading (due on that day)
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Writing (due on that day)
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Tu.
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6/23
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Intro to the course
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KRS-One
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Th.
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6/25
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Structure-Character-Meaning
Sequences of scenes
Character vs. Characterization
Progressive Pressures
Aesthetic Emotion & Rhetoric
Controlling Idea
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McKee-1 (read the entire PDF)
Moore, “People Like That”
Gotham Ch. 1
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On your own, do the five (5) YOUR TURN exercises in Gotham Ch.1.
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Week 2.
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Tu.
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6/30
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Character Fashioning
Desire & Complexity
Character Research
Appropriate Character Development
Showing and Telling
Action, Speech, Details
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Gotham Ch.2, Character: Casting Shadows
O’Connor, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
Scott, "David Sherman, The Last Son of God"
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In Gotham Ch.2, begin the YOUR TURN exercises on your own.
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Th.
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7/2
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Protagonist and Plot
Conscious/Unconscious Desire
Empathy/Relatability
Action, expectation, conflict
"Levels" of Conflict
The Gap/Progression
Inciting Incident
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McKee-2 (read the entire PDF)
Carver, “Cathedral”
Arima, “Who Will Greet You at Home”
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Complete Ch.2, YOUR TURN exercises and submit them.
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Week 3
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Tu.
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7/7
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Act Design
Progressive Complications
Law of Conflict revisited
Major Dramatic Question
Aristotelian Plot Structure
Developing Plot in Your Writing
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Gotham Ch.3, Plot: A Question of Focus
McKee-3 (1-13 in the PDF)
Saunders, “Pastoralia”
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In Gotham Ch.3, begin the YOUR TURN exercises on your own.
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Th.
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7/9
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Longer Structures—The Novel
Scenes into Acts
Sub-plots
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Kushner, The Mars Room
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Complete Ch.3, YOUR TURN exercises and submit them.
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Week 4
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Tu.
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7/14
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POV
First, Second, and Third Person Inflections
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Gotham Ch.4, Point of View
Oyeyemi, “If a Book is Locked”
Ausubel, “You Can Find Love Now”
Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily”
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Submit a piece of your writing, no more than 1,500 words, to the Discussion Board for your group to read and comment on.
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Th.
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7/16
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Description
Scenes and Specificity
Deadly Details
Writing from the Inside Out
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Gotham Ch. 5, Description
Berlin, “Let Me See You Smile”
Hemmingway, “Big Two-Hearted River”
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After you have read through Gotham Ch. 4 and Ch.5., go back and complete and turn in ONE (1) YOUR TURN exercise from each chapter.
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Week 5
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Tu.
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7/21
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Dialogue and Scene Design
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Gotham Ch.6, Dialogue
McKee-3, finish the PDF
Denis Johnson, “Emergency”
Boyz N the Hood, shooting script and film
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Submit a piece of your writing, no more than 2,000 words, to the Discussion Board for your group to read and comment on.
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Th.
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7/23
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Setting and Pacing
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Gotham Ch.7, Setting and Pacing
Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk
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After you have read through Gotham Ch.6 and Ch.7., go back and complete and turn in ONE (1) YOUR TURN exercise from each chapter.
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Week 6
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Tu.
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7/28
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Voice
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Gotham Ch.8, Voice
Saunders, “Jon”
Vanessa Hua, “Accepted”
Jennifer Egan, “Black Box”
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Submit a piece of your writing, no more than 2,500 words, to the Discussion Board for your group to read and comment on.
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Th.
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7/30
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Theme/Controlling Idea: A Return
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Gotham Ch.9, Theme
Kirstin Valdez, “Nemecia”
Calvino, “All at One Point”
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After you have read through Gotham Ch. 8 and Ch.9., go back and complete and turn in ONE (1) YOUR TURN exercise from each chapter.
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Week 7
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Tu.
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8/4
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WORKSHOP
READING SERIES
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Stephen King, "The Raft"
Sarah Gailey, "Homesick"
Octavia Butler, "Bloodchild"
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Th.
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8/6
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WORKSHOP
READING SERIES
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Charlie Jane Anders, “The Fermi Paradox is Our Business Model”
Carmen Maria Machado, "Inventory"
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Week 8
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Tu.
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8/11
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WORKSHOP
READING SERIES
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Wolff, “The Liar”
Alice Munro, “Train”
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Th.
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8/13
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WORKSHOP
READING SERIES
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Carver, “A Small, Good Thing”
Murakami, "Landscape with Flatiron"
Berlin, "Dr. H.A. Moynihan"
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