Sunday, October 8, 2017

Assignment 8: "I never had to choose my subject- my subject rather chose me"

Writing territories are a range of ideas that one generates to spark their writing. In general, it is just one of the many ways one can brainstorm for different types of writing.

This week's blog is more undefined than others because it depends so much on your unique personal experiences. Below, is a list of 10 writing territories and you'll begin by answering them. Your answers do not have to be lengthy, they only need to be definitive enough so that you, the writer, could look back at it weeks from now and it could trigger what you were thinking about.

Writing Territories
Fears
Annoyances
Accomplishments
Confusions
Sorrows
Dreams
Idiosyncrasies
Risks
Beloved Possessions, Now and Then
Problems


For instance, my list looks like:
Fears: drowning, loosing family in catastrophe, living in pain
Annoyances: rudeness, expecting fairness in this world
Accomplishments: still being married, being a dad my children want to be around
Confusions: inequity (different than fairness)
Sorrows: anger management, weight, (totally working on both but to be honest "weight" is harder than "anger" 'cause food is goooooooood)
Dreams: retirement, travel,
Idiosyncrasies: nerd, paper/pencil RPG (redundant?)
Risks: pilot's license (want), jumped out of an airplane (did)
Beloved Possessions: comic books (then), friendships (now- i know, cheesy)
Problems: Organization


Simple, right?

Now, once you have your list, choose one topic to expand upon in-depth (or at least 150 words). This may be as simple as an explanation of this topic (e.g. I discovered I had an anger management problem when I realized that I was taking out my frustrations on my family. . . .). It may turn into to a short-story or a beginning of a short story. It may turn into a narrative of a memory. It may turn into a  social commentary. It may turn into 150 words of freewrite. It may turn into something all together different and weird and delightful. Whatever you wrote down in your list, reflect upon it and allow it to guide your entry for the week.

"There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges." -Ernest Hemingway



Due Sunday, October 15th at 11:59 pm


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