Fiction Writing II is designed to extend a student's grasp of the essential principles of writing profession-quality fiction. During the second semester students also prepare to do a substantial critical nanalysis in their genre through a series of brief critical papers in addition to developing creative manuscripts. Students will submit to the instructor every four weeks 30 pages of manuscript, double-spaced, 12 point font, with pagination, read the month due. In addition, and on a schedule establilshed with the instructor, students will submit a reading journal on the two assigned books and brief critical papers on selected stories and novels they are reading during the semester.