Writing for Publication Final
Project Proposal Letter
The proposal letter is due:November 13
The proposal letter must be typed and be written in the form
of a letter.
Dear Mr. Cook:
First paragraph:
Describe your project.
- What genre?
Short stories? Micro-fiction? Poems? A poetic journal? A sonnet cycle? A
novella? A TV, film, or play script? A Memoir? A series of non-fiction
feature articles? A graphic novel? Something else?
- What length? How
many stories? How many poems? How many pages?
- What unifying
idea? Will the stories be linked by character or setting? Will the
script or novella include a particular plot arc? Will the poems be linked
by topic, theme, or type? (The writing can be unified by form or content
or both?)
Second paragraph:
Describe your plan for the remaining weeks.
11/17 writing week (first progress check November 21)
11/24 writing week (second project check November 26)
12/1 workshop week
12/8 writing week (third project check December 12)
12/15 workshop week
12/22 writing weeks (fourth project check December 23)
1/5 writing week (fifth project check 9)
1/12 workshop week
1/19 writing week
[1/21 Final Coffeehouse Reading A-block*]
*At
the final you will turn in your completed manuscript and will read a five
minute piece of it. (Practice beforehand to make sure it’s five minutes and to
make sure you can read it fluidly.) You will also eat treats and drink hot
beverages.
Third paragraph: Describe
what you will read as you complete your project
- Choose
a published work (or works) to read. (Be as specific as you can be.) (For example if you are planning to write
a fictionalized memoir you might read The
Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Or, if you are planning to write a
screenplay you might read the screenplay to your favorite movie.)
- Explain
how what you plan to read will help you with the project.
Sincerely,
Your Name
