Start brainstorming

It's time to start thinking about your final project. It will be a feature story, 5-7 pages in length, on a subject of your choice. Each student should send me an e-mail (ackerink@aol.com) by Thanksgiving weekend with a synopsis. For example, give me the nutgraph or thesis of the piece as well as a list of some of the key sources you will be using. I will be happy to make suggestions for narrowing the focus or finding more sources.

We will be conducting our editing/revision workshop in class on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Be prepared to bring three copies of your rough draft to class that night (one for you, one for a classmate, one for me) The rough draft should be 4-8 stapled pages and must be double-spaced and in a 12-point font.