Writing Women's Lives

Ways to fuel your writing without actually writing  There are many things you can do to keep your creativity juicy and ripe. Here are several sites and ideas to help you with your assignment of creating something that is not about your writing.  10 ways art can improve your writing How just creating something can make you feel better There are some good ideas here If you are just getting started this is a good place to begin For Friday, let's all have some piece of art or something else that you would not normally do to share and talk about how it impacted your writing. 

Suggestions Answer the "So What?" Show your reader why this project was important. Show them that your paper was meaningful and useful. Synthesize  Don't simply repeat things that were in the project. How your points you made and the support and examples all fit together to say something? Do the opposite of how you start (and vice versa) Give your reader something to think about, perhaps a way to use your paper in the "real" world. If your introduction went from general to specific, make your conclusion go from specific to general.  Create a new meaning You don't have to give new information to create a new meaning. By demonstrating how your ideas work together, you create a new picture. The sum of the project is worth more than the individual parts. Strategies Bookend the introduction:  Bookending it is meant to bring the reader full-circle. If you begin by describing a scenario, you can end with the same scenario as proof tha...

Let's review Weds, April 1 - Review of requirements/Code Switch Friday, April 3 - How does Code Switch change what you are writing?  Choose another story from Her Body for discussion. (No class) Monday, April 6 - Let's talk about the Her Body Story and how you are changing your writing.  Weds, April   8   -  Turn in your piece of fiction Friday, April 10   - NO SCHOOL These are the pieces you need: Two personal essays Two poems One short fiction One reflection piece  One "other" piece of art (meme, collage, photography, music, etc. about something you have read or experienced in class)