Week 10

This past week's presentations were really interesting. I thought it was interesting to hear about all the guideline requirements and to look a the ones from the journal I reviewed, "New Letters", because most of the journals were so specific in what kind of writing they were looking for. The editors for "New Letters" had so many comments about pieces that they wouldn't consider for the their journal and why. Everything from what kind of language was considered in poor taste to what kind of content was acceptable. Going in to researching my own journal and listening to everyone else talk about theirs I thought their would be a lot more openness to what was permissible and what wouldn't be considered for publication.

My favorite part of class so far has been the workshop day we had on Wednesday. I didn't know how I felt about all the pieces we just sort of whipped through and set to the side during the first half of the semester. It all felt like a sloppy blur to me without any real consequence or time being assigned to any piece. Once we got to sit down and read our piece though and hear some constructively critical comments about them I really felt a lot better about what I had done even if the piece wasn't where I wanted it to be yet. Also going into the workshop day I had been nervous about reading my piece but coming out of it I was so glad we had that day and that I got some feedback about what I had written and how others perceived it.