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## Workshop notes
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* Friday --- Critical reading
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* Intro
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* Intro self (incl. "this is for MFA" spiel)
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* Allow others to intro
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* Ice breaker: what is your least favorite part of your favorite movie?
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* Lead into what is a text
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* Books/writing, sure, but also anything that tells a story --- film, games, etc
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* Thus, what is critical reading?
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* Intentional engagement with a text, especially with regards to the self
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* Back to ice breaker: how do you intentionally engage with your favorite film?
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* How do we intentionally engage with a text in furry?
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* What do we like in a furry text? What don't we like?
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* Notably, not asking what makes a text furry, that we are furries is what enables us to read into that context
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* Thus, how do we engage with a text that *we* feel is furry *as* furries?
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* What goes into critical reading?
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* Layers:
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* Mechanical: presentation, word choice, language usage, writing style
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* Subjective: emotional impact, plot effectiveness, evocative descriptions
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* Reading exercise:
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* Pick one of these two categories to pay attention to first and read, then read for the second
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* Critique tomorrow, but preview: we're not tearing a text apart, we're asking it questions:
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* How did we feel the plot worked? Was there a structure? Could we follow it?
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* What was told? What was left out? How did (not) knowing make us feel?
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* What type of language usage was there? Word choice? Style?
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* How about emotional impact? Was the story impactful? Did the mechanics help or hinder us?
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* Was it evocative? Was it furry? Did that work?
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* Be ready to summarize
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* 10 mins to read
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* ~~~
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* Have someone summarize
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* Talk through the mechanical and subjective layers, drilling down into specifics
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* Talk through how the exercise felt
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* was it useful? Tiring? Enjoyable?
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* Tomorrow, we'll go through critiquing writing and actually workshop a piece --- one of mine that has already been workshopped and published, so just an example of critiquing for a present author.
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* Optional homework:
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* Write a short ~500 word snippet (or pick one already written) to go through a gentle workshop, think about what we talked through today while writing
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* Email it to me and I'll put it online for all to read in the workshop
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* Will be asking how it felt etc
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* Saturday --- Critiquing in workshop
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* What is workshopping?
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* More important, what is it *not?*
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* Tearing apart a story
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* Tearing down the author (Maslanka story)
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* Editing a piece
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* Talk about your engagement with the piece --- remember list of questions from yesterday
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* Author:
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* Listen to feedback and take in the ways your work affected others
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* Will talk about writing for workshops tomorrow
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* Types of workshops and such
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* Silent author
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* How that works
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* Why --- active listening, no shaping responses
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* Participatory discussion
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* Better for pieces earlier in process
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* Feedback as to where to take it
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* The role of the facilitator
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* Prevent stalling
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* Keep on track
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* Pay attention to mood, etc
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* Tone
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* Talk to the piece, not the author --- some don't even use the author's name, pretend they aren't there (not particularly a fan, but also stay away from addressing comments to 'you')
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* Talk about yourself, your responses, your questions
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* Changing language
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* Stay away from generating shared values/taste
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* Imagine and invite change
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* We don't want to over-reward author because then it becomes less about creativity and more about writing for success
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* Sample workshop:
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* <https://makyo.ink/jump>
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* 10 mins to read
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* Workshop discussion with silent author, then bring author in
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* Discuss how it felt
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* Tomorrow: writing to receive critique/actually receiving critique
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* Sunday --- Writing to expect critique
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* <https://makyo.io/fcww23s>
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* Writing and vulnerability
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* Vulnerability in creation
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* The terrifying ordeal of being seen
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* How to manage having one's vulnerability openly addressed
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* A lot is on the facilitator
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* Ensuring discussion stays on the work
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* Ensuring *uncomfortable* silence is filled
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* How silence feels
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* How to fill silence if it happens (ask questions)
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* Engaging with responses as author
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* Always good to thank, but overdoing can weaken your position in your own eyes
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* Maintain authorial vision ---- everything you get (even negative) is encouragement and opportunity to change, but not a demand
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* Friction and vulnerability:
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* Maintain openness (even physical --- half smile, willing hands)
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* Maintain distance
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* Feel free to maintain boundaries, facilitator is there to help, can guide/move on from topic
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* Take notes! Can be overwhelming, so read through and think before blithely implementing
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* Workshops:
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* One person summarize and lead in with discussion
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* Try one response at a time vs open discussion
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* Reflect on how that felt
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