Writing for Publication Final Project Proposal Letter

Writing for Publication Final Project Proposal Letter         

The proposal letter is due: April 1

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.

3/30 planning & writing week (proposal letter due April 1)

4/6 writing week (first progress check April 10)

4/13 workshop week

April Vacation

4/27 writing week (second progress check May 1) 

5/4 workshop week

5/11  writing week (third progress check May 15)

5/18 workshop week

5/26 writing week (fourth progress check May 29)

[Senior due date and coffeehouse reading* TBA]

6/1 workshop week

6/8 writing week (fifth progress check June 12)

6/15 workshop, editing, formatting, writing (?) week

[Grades 9-11 due dates and coffeehouse reading* TBA]

*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