First semester students will participate in the two-day practice workshop to familiarize them with how a creative workshop functions. They will receive instruction in the rules and procedures for a workshop. As the participants discuss one another’s work, the instructor will facilitate constructive discussion and comment upon the process. The instructor will model appropriate comments and direct students in regard to the types of questions and suggestions that are most useful. Students will workshop the work they created from the prompt during the orientation class. During the workshop, each writer’s work will be critiqued in detail, and the instructor will use each manuscript to illustrate points about craft elements and to show students how they can formulate responses based on observations about craft elements.