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Creative Writing Courses
Writing Fiction I, Section 1- Prof. Roland Merullo
Wednesdays 2-4:30, Webster 217
The following students have been admitted to Professor Merullo's class,
Fall 2002
Dan Davies
Adam Dixon
Serena Emerson
Lauren Goodman
Stacy Kasdin
Alison Kaufman
Morgan Kopaska-Merkel
Graham Leach-Krouse
Amanda Muller
Michael Page
David Peters
Kathryn Seymour
Michael Turken
Debra Seidman (audit)
Writing samples are due to the Creative Writing office (Webster 212,
AC box 2235) by August 27th. Late submissions will not be accepted. Students
should come to the first class meeting, and Prof. Merullo will post a
list of admitted students by the end of that first week.
Professor Merullo writes:
You should submit a writing sample of no more than three pages,
preferably fiction, but creative non-fiction will also be fine. This
does not have to have a beginning, middle, and end, but will just give
me a sense of your ability with language. More important is a one or
two page letter on why you want to be in this course: what role writing
plays in your life, what you hope to get from the course, what you can
contribute to the class dynamic. This should be an unedited (by
others), sincere account of your motivation for wanting to be in the
novel-writing class. These pages should be submitted ten days before
classes start, and anyone interested must come to the first class
meeting. I will post a list of admitted students and a short waiting
list between the first and second class meetings. I do not necessarily
choose the twelve best writers, but look for students with a certain
degree of ability and then try to make up an interesting class
chemistry. Please remember that class participation will be an
important aspect of this course, so students who find it especially
difficult to speak in class or to read their work in front of others
will not do very well here. Also, this course is not run in a typical
workshop fashion, meaning we do not spend all our time reading and
commenting on each other's work. There are a series of mini-lectures
and exercises in the first half of the course, and a lot of reading
and
commentary in the second half. By the end of the term you will have
written 100 pages or so of a novel.I'd like to see just three pages,
no more, of a writing sample--fiction is preferable but not essential.
PLUS a page explaining why the student would like to be in the class,
what he hopes to write, why she wants to write, etc. No one will be
admitted without this piece. Everything double-spaced, naturally.
Office hours: TBA.
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