Teaching Revision: Final Revision Prompts of 2019

November 22, 2019

Continued from https://pleiadesmag.com/teaching-revision-even-more-revision-prompts/, here are some final revision prompts for 2019. Add them to the prompts here: https://pleiadesmag.com/teaching-revision-all-of-the-revision-prompts-so-far/ – I’m teaching revision again, this time for a senior thesis workshop, in which students are workshopping novels, plays, TV and webisode scripts, whatever they are working on for ...

3-Minute Book Review: Burgess on Barton

November 15, 2019

Three-Minute Book Review: Katie Burgess on The Quiet Part Loud by Tyler Barton (Split Lip Press, 2018) -   If you planted this book in the ground, what would grow? I’m pretty sure this book would grow ginger. Like ginger roots, these stories all have their own weird, unique shapes. They’ve also got a lot of kick, and you feel cleansed after you consume them.   Is this book papyrus, typewriter, desktop ...

3-Minute Book Review: Burgess on Tompkins

November 01, 2019

Three-Minute Book Review: Katie Burgess on Failures by Matt Tompkins (Monday Night Press, 2019). -   If this book were a GIF, which would it be? It would be that one where the guy is pushing a trashcan but then trips and falls all the way inside the trashcan; only it’s slowed down and paired with very poignant music [see below] and a flashback that humanizes the guy and makes you cry even as you’re still ...

Teaching Revision: Even More Revision Prompts

October 28, 2019

More revision prompts to add to https://pleiadesmag.com/teaching-revision-all-of-the-revision-prompts-so-far/ - I'm teaching revision again, this time for a senior thesis workshop, in which students are workshopping novels, plays, TV and webisode scripts, whatever they are working on for their final creative writing thesis. Each week, one student workshops their entire manuscript and a revision of part of it. In their ...