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+%title Friday — Critical Reading
+
+* Intro
+    * Intro self (incl "this is for MFA" spiel)
+    * Allow others to intro
+* Ice breaker: What is your least favorite part of your favorite movie?
+* Lead into what is a text:
+    * Books/writing, yes, but also anything that tells a story --- film, games, etc
+    * Thus, what is critical reading?
+* Intentional engagement with a text, especially WRT the self:
+    * Back to ice breaker: how do you intentionally engage with your favorite film?
+    * How do we intentionally engage with a text in furry?
+        * What do we like in a furry text?
+        * What *don't* we like?
+        * Notably, not asking what makes a text furry --- that we are furries is what enables us to read in that context
+        * Thus, how do we engage with a text that *we* feel is furry *as* furries?
+* What goes into critical reading?
+    * Layers:
+        * Mechanical: presentation, word choice, language usage, writing style, etc
+        * Subjective: emotional impact, plot effectiveness, description, evocativeness
+    * "7 Trips Through the Score" --- may n ot need that many, but multiple (or at least slow) reading can let us focus on one layer at a time
+* Reading exercise:
+    * Pick 1 of these 2 categories to pay attention to first and read, then read for the second
+    * Critique tomorrow, but preview: we're not tearing a text apart, we're asking it questions:
+        * How did we feel the plot worked? Was there a structure? Could we follow it?
+        * What was told? What was left out? How did (not) knowing make us feel?
+        * What type of language usage was there? Word choice? Style usage?
+        * How about emotional impact? Was the story impactful? Did the mechanics help or hiinder?
+        * Was it evocative? How did the furry elements play into it? Did you want to learn more? Was it engaging?
+    * Be ready to summarize
+    * (~10 minutes to read)
+    * Someone summarize
+    * Talk through each
+    * Talk through how the exercise felt:
+        * Was it useful? Tiring? Enjoyable?
+* Tomorrow, we'll go through critiquing writing and actually workshop a piece --- one of mine that has already been workshopped and published, so it's just an example of critiquing for a present author without putting anyone on the spot
+* Do you want optional homework for Sunday?
+    * Write a short ~500 word snippet (or offer one already written) to go through a gentle workshopping
+    * While writing, think about what we talked through today
+    * Email to me, I'll put it online for all to read in the workshop
+    * Will be asking how it felt/etc