Lauren (et. al.),

I agree wholeheartedly with your statements.   I think that taking
the time to have PW students send something off for publication would
be wonderful.  I also think a class in grant writing would be a good
idea.  We have to make money somehow while we're writing the Great
American Novel.

Internships.  Wow.  My eyes go all dreamy at the thought of them.  I
think, in general, dissemination of information within the PW program
could use a boost.

Speaking of which, I've recently become acquainted with gather.com.
If you are a member of the Borders books link (is that what it's
called?  I'm new at this...)  you will learn about contests and other
fun things for writers.  Recently, there was a short story contest
and a First Three Chapters contest (which happens over and over again).

Anyway, there's a little writing tidbit for ya.

--Jocelyn




On May 16, 2007, at 3:14 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Dear Will Prescott,
>
> As a result of some of my frustrations with my PW Capstone class
> this semester, I talked with some fellow students and drew up some
> consensus opinions about what undergraduate students need in a
> capstone course. I talked to the dean informally instead of
> presenting the list, but I thought I would offer it to you if it
> helps.