Throughout the term you will amass a collection of poems and exercises, many of which 1, and your classmates, will have commented on. Save all drafts of everything you write for the course in your folder. Your final portfolio will include all this work on the left side of your folder PLUS what you believe to be your best work of the term, all of it thoroughly revised and typed , on the right side. All workshop and portfolio writing must be written during the current term and be accompanied by drafts. If you're working on computer, print out drafts before you revise.
Good writing is one part inspiration, nine parts perspiration.
Inherent talent will, naturally, influence me, but it is not sufficient to earn the recipient a good arade.