Rhetorical Analyses of Publication Venues + process narratives

We spent the first part of class going through the publication venues and creating a class list of who would present on which venue.

Just to make this clear: these will be informal presentations.  I am not looking for a powerpoint and handouts.  Rather: you will post an analysis of your chosen publication venue on your blog.  This analysis will hit the points on the assignment sheet.  Basically, your writing on the blog should include three things:

1.  The title of your journal with an embedded link so your classmates can click around the site as you talk.

2. A discussion of the audience, purpose, form expectations for CNF essays published in you journal.  You do not need to write plot summaries of all the essays you read.  Rather, you should give a kind of summary of the features of the essays you read (like we did in class 11.13 for Brevity).  Characterize the formal features (there may be several different forms, but give your assessment of what the "preferred" forms are), the voice within the narratives, the subject matter, the "ideology" (belief systems these essays seem to support); their "aesthetic"=> and so on (the features listed on the handout). 

3. A list of "nuts & bolts" kinds of information which someone interested in submitting to your journal will need to know (again, this list is on the handout).  In addition to talking through these requirements (and writing them on your blog), it would be a good idea to embed links for classmates - so they can go directly to the pages/sections where this information is available.

About choosing a journal to revue:  Choose a journal which has a robust interest in publishing CNF.  If the journal primarily publishes fiction or poetry and only one or two pieces of CNF per issue/per year, you should probably choose a different venue. 

List so far (if you want to change your venue - send me an email and I will revise).

Alessia   Not yet decided

Angelica  Better Magazine

Courtney  South Loup Review

Danielle Hippocampus Magazine

Dave Riverteeth

Filip Fourth Genre

Kristen Switchback

Kristi The Brooklyner

Maria Bellingham Review

Nikki Blue Mesa

Rafael   Arcadia

Robert WLA Journal

Sara Narrative Magazine

Tobey Sweet

 

We spent the last part of class discussing the process narratives.  As I said, you will not be required to write a process narrative essay - just a process narrative blog post.  We did not get to pull together your groups' thoughts about what these narratives do (you were asked to notice the different observations/moves the writers made/what parts of the writing process they focused on), how hey work, and how they are CNF. 

I also showed you the sample portfolio created through Google.sites: Chandler Portfolio. 

For next class:

We will begin class with a blitz discussion of how  process narratives work.  Then you will give your presentations on publication venues.  At the end of class you will have time to work on your portfolio.  Come to class with questions about google.sites, if you have them.

Blog 12:  Draft short essay 2 (due around TG so I can return your work with comments).

Blog 13: Publication venue handout

Have a happy Thanksgiving and see you in two weeks!