Writing of Prose Journal Listing

Hello,

If I mess up an entry or it doesn't read as you heard it from Dr. Brady, please leave a comment here to correct me or to clarify.

If you have any questions, ask me in class, and I will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

Let me know if this system is working for people, if you prefer something else, let mike or I know and we will see what we can do to accomodate you.

The journals:

Journal 1: Write a letter to a wealthy, estranged, aunt who is dying. Introduce your side of the family with the intention of reconciliation and the hope that she will write you into her will. Your side of the family is the people in our class. Use as many of the Little Known Facts as possible.

Journal 2: Tell two other people in the class about a moment of decision you made before the age of 8. Choose one of their stories and make it your own. (Must be told in the first person).

Journal 3: Write two scenes involving an act of violence in each. One of the scenes must be an actual incidence of violence that happened to you and the other made up.

Journal 4: Give voice to an eccentric person without quoting them. Imbed it in a paragraph and move into the it.

Journal 5: Write five first sentences to your memoir.

Journal 6: Write the score for your first paragraph of your memoirs, riffing off of one of the lines you wrote for Journal 5. Make your own music, and you must be able to hum it for the class.

Journal 7: Tell the story of two generations in 100 words (and keep it interesting). Keep the exposition going and be prepared to explain how you did it in class.

Journal 8: Does your family have a skeleton? Unlock the door.

Journal 9: Give a scene where we, the reader, do not know whether it is violent or loving.

That's it for now. See you in class.