Choose Your Own BBG Chapter
I chose to read chapter 2 Narrative Genres of BBG in hopes that it will help me understand the small details of writing a narrative as I...
Integrating and Documenting Sources
Chapter 7 of BBG is all about sources and how to use them in writing in ways that most effectively get the meaning across while also...
Project 1 Conference Reflection
Today I met with Mat at The Sweet Shop for my conference on Project 1. During this meeting I read my piece aloud to him. I was very...
Mentor Text
“Consider the Lobster” is the example piece for project 2 and I understand why. This article speaks of a personal experience that the...
Project 1 Really Shitty First Draft (750-word)
This draft includes work from a free-write session that we did in class, and another free-write session that I did on my own. A place...
Genres, Genres, Genres
I actually… enjoyed reading this chapter of The Bedford Book of Genres. Learning more about different kinds of genres and how they are...
Exploring Topics & Creating a Research Proposal
My biggest struggle with writing has always been the first few lines. I have even rewritten the beginning of this blog more times than I...
The Power of Nostalgia
In Roxane Gay's piece I Once Was Miss America she introduces this idea that nostalgia can reshape our memories of a time and make it seem...
Shitty First Drafts vs Standardized Writing Tests
Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” put into words the exact reason why I have always hated writing examinations given in high school. As...
