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CREATIVE WRITINGCREATIVE NON-FICTION

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WRITING PROMPT

THINK OF A TIME WHERE YOU WERE IN A TENSE SITUATION. WHAT CREATED IT? HOW DID YOU RESOLVEIT? WHO WAS INVOLVED?

THREE TO FIVE PARAGRAPHS

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REVIEW PROMPT

TENSE SITUATION PROMPT

3/5 JOURNALING PROMPT

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NON-FICTION

MEMOIRS

LITERARY JOURNALISM

PERSONAL ESSAYS

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MEMOIRS

YOU AND SOMEONE OR THING ELSE

STORY ABOUT SELF AND A MAJOR EVENT OR CHANGE.MEMOIRS TYPICALLY FOCUS ON LIFE EVENTS AS AWHOLE (UNTIL THEN, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEING

POLITE TO MY BROTHER).

THINK BIG PICTURE

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PERSONAL ESSAY

VERY MEMOIR-Y, EXCEPT THAT THE WRITER MAY FOCUS

ON ONLY ONE CHARACTER AND THE TOPIC CAN BE SMALLER.

NOT LIFE-CHANGING – MAYBE HOUR CHANGING. THINK ABOUT A CONFLICT WHERE THE SPEAKER ATTACKS A

NEW LEXUS WITH TOOTHPASTE. NOT LIFE-CHANGING, BUT IT CREATES A GOOD CONFLICT.

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LITERARY JOURNALISM

RESEARCH AND OBSERVATIONAL PERSPECTIVE IN ONE

PAPER. THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT AN EVENT OR ISSUE,USES RESEARCH AND HIS /HER OPINION TO REPORT ONIT.

THE AUTHOR DOES NOT HAVE TO BE NEUTRAL, BUT HE /

SHE MUST BE OBJECTIVE (NOT TOO CRITICAL OR PREJUDICE).

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WORKSHOP

LITERARY JOURNALISM

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Six Word Memoirs

Hemingway - “For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn.”

Seger - “I’m Ten, and have an attitude.”

Rheingold - “Life has gone to the dogs.”

BillySirr - “Anything’s possible with an extension cord.”

Chopra - “Danced in fields of infinite possibilities.”

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Six Word Memoirs

Eggers - “Fifteen years since last professional haircut.”

Ephron - “Secret of life: marry an Italian.”

Smith - “Found true love after nine months.”

Tsai - “Not a good Christian, but trying.”

Friedman - “Just a rockin’ readin’ knittin’ kitten.”

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Six Word Memoirs

Fanning - “Everyone who loved me is dead.”

Varonis - “I ate, drank, and was hairy.”

Baumeister - “Bad breaks discovered at high speeds.”

Peck - “Ex-wife and contractor now have house.”

Nelson - “I still make coffee for two.”

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Six Word Memoirs

Templeton - “After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.”

Saramago - “She kissed me and said yes!”

Gidwani - “Fourteen years old, story still untold.”

Grace - “Wasn’t born a redhead: fixed that.”

Neelty - “Slightly psychotic, in a good way.”

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Six Word Memoirs

Martinez - “Near death experiences are my forte.”

Frazier - “I managed not to destroy anything.”

Perkins - “I never really finished anything, except cake.”

Annon. - “Well, I’m my dog’s hero, anyway.”

Annon. - “Despite best efforts, complaining hasn’t worked.”

Branham – “Warning: my driving’s backed by pepper-spray.

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