Proposal Letter

Writing for Publication Final Project Proposal Letter

The proposal letter is due: Next Week

The proposal letter must be typed and be written in the form of a letter.

Dear Mr. Cook:

First paragraph: Describe your project.

• What genre? Short stories? Micro-fiction? Poems? A poetic journal? A sonnet cycle? A novella? A TV, film, or play script? A Memoir? A series of non-fiction feature articles? A graphic novel? Something else?
• What length? How many stories? How many poems? How many pages?
• What unifying idea? Will the stories be linked by character or setting? Will the script or novella include a particular plot arc? Will the poems be linked by topic, theme, or type? (The writing can be unified by form or content or both?)

Second paragraph: Describe your plan for the remaining weeks.

How much to you plan to get done each week?

(We will be in the computer lab every other week starting next week.)

Third paragraph: Describe what you will read as you complete your project

• Choose a published work (or works) to read. (Be as specific as you can be.) (For example if you are planning to write a fictionalized memoir you might read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Or, if you are planning to write a screenplay you might read the screenplay to your favorite movie.)
• Explain how what you plan to read will help you with the project.

Sincerely,

Your Name