http://advanced.jhu.edu/ft/forum/index.cfm?forumid=1 FuseTalk Enterprise Edition http://advanced.jhu.edu/ft/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=74&threadid=194 2008-02-19T13:11:57 -05.00 Jerri Bell 5
I'm now 1/3 of the way through my last workshop, & plan to take Thesis next fall.

I understand from the course description that the thesis is supposed to be a "greatest hits" -- that I'll need to submit work that I've already run through workshop & revised.

I've submitted early chapters of a novel in each of the first two workshops, and for my first submission in my third workshop. It's pretty safe to say that, although I've written several short stories in Fiction Techniques and a couple of the craft classes, my thesis submission will be the first however-many pages of the novel.

The feedback I've received in workshop has changed parts of my first chapters radically -- there will be a great deal of material that's completely new. Do I need to use the last two workshop submissions to get feedback on the revised first chapters? Or should I just march forward into the narrative for the next few months, knowing that my initial thesis draft will contain new, "unworkshopped" material?

Thanks!

Jerri ]]> http://advanced.jhu.edu/ft/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=74&threadid=193 2008-02-13T17:31:54 -05.00 Eugene Chay 6
In the flyer I got today, this program was described as follows:

March 8, Sat., 12:45-2:45 p.m., BALTIMORE SATURDAY SEMINAR: Getting Published; It's All About Story, with Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson, Hopkins lecturer and Homewood advisor and author of Literature on Deadline. This seminar will focus on how to contact editors, write query letters, and find publications interested in publishing your work. Participants bring at least one potential story idea, as well as copies of a draft for an essay, memoir, or article. Fee: $50 (includes lunch). Advance registration and payment required by March 4. Contact Lynne Vellante at lmv@jhu.edu or (410) 516-4578. (Homewood, Wyman Park Bldg, Suite G1)

Is this program primarily geared toward non-fiction writers? That's how it sounded to me. ]]> http://advanced.jhu.edu/ft/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=74&threadid=185 2008-02-02T14:06:50 -05.00 Mark Farrington 6