REFLECT: I feel like the most effective prewriting I have done so far has been in the three scenes writing and the incorporation of quotes. I enjoyed exploring different situations and the ways in which I might explore my believe through them.
SELECT: Initially I thought I would go with my sleep paralysis episode, but I don't think that I will. I would rather focus on something that has some more concrete details. I think the situation of making cheesecake will be my main anchor.
COMMENT: I like the way that Hoiland focuses on one event in each of her writing samples, exploring, but not ever preaching. I don't think I will incorporate her writing necessarily, but I would like to imitate it. I think the form of the Impressions sections stood out to me a lot, so I might use those as a model, but lengthen them a bit.
PLAN: Mostly I want to talk about the ways in which things blend together to create something beautiful in our lives. I have never particularly enjoyed cream cheese, I don't like graham crackers, and yet I love cheesecake. I would like to explore the different ways in which things combine to form beauty, using the cheesecake as my anchor, but briefly journeying out into other ideas and then back.
Similar to my experience, I like how you mentioned that your original idea changed after some of the exercises. I enjoyed reading your short sketch about what you're writing on, and I can't wait to see how it progresses through essay form.
ReplyDeleteI was kind of excited to hear about your sleep paralysis and the first vision connection at first, but I am now very intrigued to see how you take some mundane task and teach a lesson from it.
ReplyDeleteI was also excited about the sleep paralysis, but I think having more concrete details to work with will be easier. I am interested to see how you dissect your new topic.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds awesome and totally original! I'm excited to read this!
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