I'm Salvatore Scibona, Director of the Specialization in Creative Writing. And I wanted to say a little bit about feedback. And the kind of feedback you're going to be giving in all four of the main parts of this specialization, as well as the feedback that you'll be giving in the capstone. Giving and receiving feedback is a crucial part of your experience of all the courses in the specialization. Giving feedback will give you an opportunity to clarify your ideas about writing and about reading and editing. Putting your creative work up for the critique of fellow writers can be nerve wracking for the writer. And it's a challenge for the person doing the critique. Bear in mind, we are dealing with drafts rather than finished prose. Our responsibility to the writer is to be useful, praise and criticism in a generous spirit are equally welcome. However, sometimes, the most helpful feedback is the reader telling the writer what he or she has found unique, funny, pleasing, frightening, or strange. Because any of the work you see here may evolve into a part of the writer's capstone story at the end of the specialization, feel especially encouraged to highlight places you think might grow into that longer piece. However, remember the context of this particular course and keep your primary feedback related to plot or character or style or setting as the course dictates. Address the writer directly in your feedback. Imagine that you are writing a short and friendly letter to him or her. Remember the piece belongs to the writer. As readers, our job is to help the writer see the piece more clearly. Here's a very important point, your fellow writers aren't here for a grade but for a your substantive advice on their work. Your observations, your praise, and your criticism are the true goal of the feedback, and your peers are avid to read them. So at the end of your critique, you'll be asked whether the writer has successfully completed the exercise. We wanted to give you a little guidance about what this means. As long as the writer has submitted a piece that meets the parameters as laid out in the assignment, your answer to this question should be yes. Learning to be a good writer comes from being a good reader and your feedback will be essential in learning how to do that.