Lucky You
Sunday, June 18th, 2006Months ago, Scott persuaded me to join him in the Upstate Writing Project Summer Institute. I whined and complained about it, but I’m really glad I caved–it’s a great experience. Anyone who reads my blog is likely to get an earful (eyeful?) of UWP happenings, because that happens to be the only thing I’m doing right now. Lucky you.
This three-week class is really two classes in one: “Teachers Who Write” and “Writers Who Teach.” The Teacher part is a lesson demonstration and miles of reflection, and I’ve already gotten through that harrowing experience. Now it’s just the Writer part that I’ll need to work on obsessively. I have to include three finished, polished pieces in my porfolio, but that will leave a lot of short, unpolished stuff that could languish on my hard drive indefinitely. I have decided to post some of it here, so beware. This will be your only warning.