Module 3 “When the Going Gets Tough” Review

Writing Workshop

Part 1

The Writing Workshop

In this course, you will participate in various Writing Workshop exercises. The purpose of each workshop is for you to prepare and build your peer review skills for the first draft of the Creative Expression

This first Writing Workshop is an entire class effort. We will practice together in a large workshop. You will learn how to give the kind of feedback necessary for the Creative Expression first draft review.

Workshop 1

Read/review the first draft of the short story “When the Going Get’s Tough” (Flash Fiction),and provide feedback to the writer in this workshop forum.

Consult the Workshop Reviewers Rubric (DOCX) to help you think about what to say in your feedback.

Identify grammatical errors; how do such errors impact the reader’s understanding?

Examine lack of character development, voice, and setting. Does the character experience internal conflict; does character and conflict not work together? Is the first draft good enough without changes? Do setting and conflict work for the writing; how do they/how do they not?

Compose two complete paragraphs of feedback and post in this forum.

Post your initial feedback response by the fifth day of the module week. After you have posted, return to the forum and read several of your classmates’ responses. Responding to your classmates is not a requirement in this workshop; however, feel free to make recommendations and ask questions to facilitate discussion.

Refer to the workshop rubric for grading details.

1. Part 2

Module 3 Proposal

1. Creative Expression Preliminary Deliverable

Refer to the Important Information – Creative Expression Assignment for details about the Creative Expression assignment.

For your Creative Expression assignment, make your proposal by the end of the module week. You may choose the form of a story, a selection of poems, a drama, or creative non-fiction or fiction essay. If you have an idea that does not fit one of these categories, please discuss it with your instructor.

1. Address the following in your proposal.
2. Explain your chosen topic and genre.
3. Provide the working title.

Describe the scope, purpose, and effect.

Ensure proper use of grammar, punctuation, paragraphing, sentence construction.

Refer to the rubric for grading details. Save your assignment using a naming convention that includes your first and last name and the activity number (or description). Do not add punctuation or special characters. 

Important Reminder

After submitting your proposal for instructor review, by the first day of Module 4 submit your proposal to the Module 4 Group Writing Workshop – Proposal Review (GRP) assignment. This will allow your group members enough time to review and provide you with feedback.

Part 3 

Edit and Edit Again

Discussion

According to Grammarly’s blog, “editing is the preparation of written material for publication. It’s a critical part of the writing process that shapes a rough draft into a polished final piece” (Grammarly, para 1, 2021).

Access your course text and review/complete Exercise 7.15 on page 208. Follow the exercise instructions and choose a paragraph to review and edit. The goal is to get it as polished as possible.

In your initial discussion, post your edited paragraph version and explain why you made the specific edits. Then, explain the most important thing you learned about editing from this exercise.

Post your initial discussion response by the fifth day of the module week. After you have posted, return to the discussion and read several of your classmates’ responses. Respond to at least two postings. In your response, discuss if the classmate caught the same and/or different errors as you did? Provide examples.