I hope to see you all at the MOO tonight. The plan for the weekly sessions is to discuss the assigned readings, so we'll be talking about the stories themselves, plot, character, theme, that sort of thing. If we read it, we can discuss it (and maybe even if we didn't).

As for the first round of journals, one thing that I found a lot of was a lack of appropriate terminology. I gave a few people examples built around plot or character, but when discussing plot, or any concept, make use of the appropriate language and terminology, usually to be found in the readings. So, when talking about plot, be sure to use the terms situation, complication, climax, denouement/unraveling and resolution. That way you show a better, and gain a better, understanding of the concept.