Class,

The syllabus and your assignments can be found in Blackboard. You can get there through the ACC homepage. Here’s a shortcut: http://acconline.austincc.edu/

To satisfy the requirements for online orientation, go to Blackboard and complete the orientation quiz. You have not officially “shown up” for the class until you do. Also, leave a note to the rest of the class on the discussion board. NOTE: BLACKBOARD WILL BE OPEN TO YOU A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE START OF CLASSES.

The course focuses on short fiction writing and you will complete three short stories, with the seeds for those coming from a series of craft exercises.

The textbooks are:

Writing Fiction (SEVENTH EDITION ONLY!) by Janet Burroway.

Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern

I look forward to working with you all this semester!

Joe O’Connell