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What is Writing?

What is Writing?. Different types of writing Novels Articles Textbooks Poetry Plays Essays. Genre. Who are you writing for? Your teacher? Yourself? A publisher? Specific group of people? Artificial audience or real?. Audience. Why are you writing? An assignment? Personal?

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What is Writing?

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  1. What is Writing?

  2. Different types of writing • Novels • Articles • Textbooks • Poetry • Plays • Essays Genre

  3. Who are you writing for? • Your teacher? • Yourself? • A publisher? • Specific group of people? • Artificial audience or real? Audience

  4. Why are you writing? • An assignment? • Personal? • Publication? • Persuading, Informing, Storytelling? • To say something? Purpose

  5. What form does the work take? • Formulaic and predictable? • Content dictates form!! Structure

  6. Introduction • 3 body paragraphs • Conclusion • Why do we teach this? • How do you learn to let go? Formula “Essay”

  7. Simply trying out an idea • (Academic 5 paragraph is just a way to package it neatly and assess it quickly for standardization) • Essays come in many shapes & sizes What is an essay?

  8. What you say dictates the form & number of paragraphs • Opening section • Supporting section • Closing section • YOU determine this! REAL Essays

  9. Writing is not “magic” that just happens. It is hard work that requires practice! • Linear “textbook” process vs. “Real” / recursive process HOW do writers write?

  10. Prewriting (notes, webbing, charts) • Rough Draft (write it out) • Revise (make changes) • Edit (fix mistakes) • Final Draft (print it out) “Process” as you know it

  11. Rehearsal • Initial writing / Drafting • Rereading • Revision • Recursively – All happen repeatedly How “Process” REALLY works

  12. Any work that is preliminary & has potential for ideas • Includes the unwritten thinking, planning, wondering • “Failure Free” – nothing really invested here but time and thought • Also includes notes you make in any form you like Rehearsal

  13. Just put the ideas down in a reasonable order • Give details through elaboration • Let the things you need to say to accomplish your purpose & suit your audience take you “away” Initial Writing

  14. Read your piece OUTLOUD • If you have time, give it some time. • Read Like a Writer • Critically examine what you wrote • Do NOT be afraid to change • REALLY make changes if needed – changes in what you “say” Reread

  15. Vision • Envision • Visionary • Re-vision CONSIDER MEANING

  16. Listen to the piece • “Play the reader” • Chop it, slice it, dice it • Revision is not about answers (right vs. wrong), but possibilities • NOT for errors (but fix them too) Revision

  17. When the writer is completely satisfied with what has been said and the way it has been said • Rereading and Revision can Cycle over & over & over & over & ..well, you know… When is writing done?

  18. Turn in a polished copy of a piece of writing that you can be proud of. • One that says something significant in a way that reads well and shows you are confident in your message. • Check for technical errors to show your attention to detail. “Teacher-Ready”

  19. Risk is inherent in writing. To write well, you have to be willing to be a bit vulnerable, to be receptive to feedback, to take a leap of faith. TAKE THE RISK – I DARE YOU!!! Risk

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