Blue Log
01/21/19
NO CLASS
01/23/19
BBG Chapter 2 podcast was due
Index card: What is a narrative?
Discussed the guidelines of the Personal Narrative in the syllabus
Went over the piktochart
Don’t tell your life story, write about that moment and focus on your text
Revised Shitty First Drafts due on Monday (01/28/19)
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Mat gave advice about the narrative (Use the pronoun I, write for real people!) No more 5-paragraph essays
01/25/19
The class played a game called “Scar and Tell” where we tell our personal stories about our body scars, and the best story gets a prize.
Went over strategies of writing a personal narrative.
1. Catch or Lead
2. Start at the action
3. Sensory Details
4. Dialogue
5. Personal details
6. Interior Monologue
7. Complicated Conclusion