Class 5 (TUES): Actual Pre-writing : Brainstorming
INTRO
TO NARRATIVE ESSAY (give out)
BRAINSTORMING
stage of writing
THURSDAY:
Career Analysis Essay due (and sub)
Quiz 2 today from:
8 Absolutely No Bullshit Things
Every Entrepreneur Should Know
READ
: https://exversiondata.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/8-absolutely-no-bullshit-things-every-entrepreneur-should-know/
YOUR QUIZ 2 QUESTION:
Quiz2:
*8/25 people so far career services &emailed selfie/selfie of biz
card
Thursday…SUBSTITUTE will be here.
1) Analysis
Breakdown/career due. Keep working on your Analysis Breakdown: Career choices
(DUE 9/5). NO LATE DAY! Can’t make up 100 pts! Email is best (until
11:59pm); but can hand in in class.
2) Think about your possible
topic for NARRATIVE ESSAY
3)QUIZ 3 in class
4)IN CLASS: HW3 Brainstorming and an Intro paragraph for narrative
This Quiz 3 reading for
Thursday’s quiz (link in newclassroom.com à handouts à class 5
https://www.slideshare.net/levi22usa/international-marketing-mistakes-related-to-culture
DEFINITION of ESSAY 2
THE
NARRATIVE ESSAY DUE THUR 9/19 (vs
GBS exam on 9/17) (worth 100
pts): you will write a ‘short personal
narrative’ 4 page minimum double spaced about an interesting personal event connected/happened
to you that indirectly
advertises a product or service (your choice) shown at the end, a real
name, with a visual logo or captioned image AFTER YOUR CONCLUSION.
For example: If your
story was about chasing someone who just stole your laptop, product could be:
Nike sneaker, 5 Minute energy drink, HP ultrabook, etc
For example: If your
story was about having to find the lost finger of a coworker at Arby’s… product
could be GPS ring
For example: If your
story was about going on an interview, and then suddenly in the middle of the
interview, someone comes in and starts beating the crap out of your
interviewer, accusing them of stealing their girlfriend/boyfriend … product
could be job.com, could be 10 megapixel phone camera for video post of FAIL to
interview, etc
FOUR TESTS to see if your possible topic is INTERESTING
ENOUGH (interesting will be a rubric category!)
--1)Is there an interesting problem? More importantly, is/are
there significant complication(s) before the resolution (Car breaks down. Call for a tow truck. The End.
Stinks. Bores audience to death.)
--2)look for ways to show conflict and mood.
Could it create an emotional response?
---3) Is it interesting to you (Never write something you wouldn’t read)? Which of the 10 Universal storytelling tools
are in effect so you know can interest/crossover to general audience?
--4)VERY IMPORTANT:
Can this be written only by you (if the experience can be written generically
by almost anyone, won’t work/loses points). Can you tie in to a product
somewhere in the story?
For example: “Generic bad blind date à is it different
enough that most people in the audience could not top your ‘bad’
experience? If they can top it, not a
good topic..
For example: “Blind Date with guy who
reveals he is a Clown” à
what could this be about? Good
topic? What product/service tie-in?
Brainstorming ‘tricks’: Ways to get ideas fast
II. BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUES
Brainstorming when
totally open:
Part I: absolute no
clue what to write about or writer’s block
1)free
association list
2)look
around technique
3)mind
map
4)word
game
5)caption
an image showing proper mood [image search on yahoo, google, etc)
6)media
res writing (in middle of action)
7)random
notes
Brainstorming part 2,
with writing when you have some ideas
8)write
a title/
9)first
sentence
10)piece
of dialogue
11)opinion
12)intro
13)summary list
14)character
profile
15)
personal experience summarized w/ notes
Sample situation where Brainstorming is VITAL and must produce a result (no
time for ‘writer’s block’ )
ASU hackathon for Humanity
https://asunews.asu.edu/20150828-hacks-humanity
PROBLEM: You are
in a 5 person group activity in a business development class with a programmer,
a graphic designer, usability/tester, and a sales person. You are the business person!
Apparent Problem: TASK: Develop an APP that is
useful and will sell to college students.
First thing: What’s the real problem and product idea!
Explanations and examples of a
few brainstorming techniques:
1)Free association list: start off with
a few things (at least 5) on paper that you think about after looking at Problem
and audience. They can be words,
phrases, names, etc.
Under each of these few things, come up with (2-3)
quotes, words, why, comments, etc that you are
inspired about – not worried about connections
From all these lists, circle or write the one that
you want to explore; use this and the quotes, words, etc,
to start an experimental paragraph.
2)look around technique (Usual Suspects, Keyser Soze)
3)mind map
4) Word Game: if there is a lyric or poetry phrase or slogan
or word which connects with you in some way or the topic, write it down. Then try jumping to related words (1:Free
Association or 3:MindMap) until you get something that strikes you as
interesting and write a paragraph around that experimental word or phrase. (eg google search à “poem DMV” or ‘song DMV’)
5) Caption an image: think about a
random, a favorite or least favorite photo that you have, or that someone has
taken of you, or from a magazine or cover, related to problem. Write a caption and then explore what it
means.
(eg Google à “DMV” tab à images
CAPTIONING GAME
6)media res writing (in middle of action):
Start writing
an experimental paragraph in the middle of the action (don’t worry about intro,
logic, or ending.
7) Random
Notes: Make a list of ten or so random notes related
to problem. See if you can organize a
few of these into an experimental paragraph.
8)Titles write
six titles that might work as titles for your narrative idea. From
music, articles, your own mind, etc.
9) First
Sentence:
Write 4 possible first sentences to problem.
Use one to start an experimental paragraph.
10) Piece of Dialogue or quote:
imagine you are able to secretly hear or read notes of others discussing
your topic, with you as the main actor
11) Opinion: Write six things why you believe you are correct in
choosing or believing what you want to write about as problem/purpose/topic.
12) Intro: write an experimental
intro :
Give out INTROS HANDOUT
(also on newclassroom.com )
There
are many ways to start an intro – 7 categories of
intros that breakdown into over 30 ways to start an essay or story….choose any that
seem interesting
SAMPLE
BRAINSTORMING by writing intro
paragraphs:
13)summary
list
14)character
profile
15)
personal experience summarized w/ notes
SO REMEMBER FOR THURSDAY:
1) Analysis Breakdown/career due.
Keep working on your Analysis Breakdown: Career choices (DUE 9/5). NO LATE
DAY! Can’t make up 100 pts! Email is best (until
11:59pm); but can hand in in class.
2) Think about your possible
topic for NARRATIVE ESSAY
3)QUIZ 3 in class
4)IN CLASS: HW3 Brainstorming and an Intro paragraph for narrative
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