Blog Post #3: Memoir Prewriting-Setting the Scene (Due 9/20)

Your memoir will be more realistic if you give your audience enough detail to visualize the scene, people, and the events for themselves.  Make a post in your course blog in which you set the scene in rich detail.  Use the following writing prompts to think about and write down as much detail as you can about the scene:

The People.  What were the people in the scene like?  What did they say?  How did they behave?

The Scenes.  What did each scene look like?  How did it feel or smell?  What did you taste or hear?  What is the history of this place-- bots its public history and your personal history?

Dialogue.  Who said what to whom before and after the event?  How did they say it (were they angry, excited, thrilled, scared)?

Note: title your post by the title of this post (for grading/identification purposes).

Blog Post #2: Memoir Prewriting-Complication (Due 9/15)

For your second blog post assignment, you will do some prewriting for your Memoir essay.  "Description of a complication" will consist of a significant portion of this essay.  The complication of your memoir is the problem or challenge that you or others needed to resolve.  So, pick one of the memoir ideas from your brainstorming list created in class on September 13, and respond to the following to start thinking about the complication (write in as much detail as possible):

*What exactly happened?  Who did it and what did they do?  How long did it take for the event to develop?
*What was the essential conflict or complication that caused this story to be something more than an everyday event? How did you or the other people in the story feel about the tension?

Note:  For me to easily locate your blog posts when grading, please title your blogs as I title mine-- for example: Blog Post #2: Memoir Prewriting.

Blog Post #1: Introduction (Due 9/8)

Your first blog post assignment is to post an introduction to your own course blog. Remember that anyone online can stumble on your blog; by making an introductory post, you will be making it clear to your audiences "what" your text is about and "who" the writer is. You can use some of the prompts for introducing yourself on the first day of classes (see the prompts below). Do not copy these questions in your post; rather, write a coherent paragraph about yourself/your blog that will include your answers to the questions.

Writing prompts:
Tell us about yourself.
*What is your name?
*What is your major (if you have declared)? What are your reasons for choosing it (what would you like to do with your degree, etc)? Optionally, you can also tell your readers about where you are from and anything you would like to add about yourself--something interesting, unique, like a hobby, etc.
*Why have you created this blog (for our course, etc)? What would you like to accomplish or what do you expect to accomplish in this course?

P.S. All blog post assignments are due by the beginning of the class period on the due date stated in the blog title.