17 Aug Why is this the work that came from your brain as you presently reside in the US?
I’m working on a creative writing writing question and need a sample draft to help me learn.
PART 1
1-10 typed, double-spaced pages of your own creative writing. You may choose to polish, edit, and type up one of your creative responses, or you may choose to write something new. Keep in mind you will eventually have to comment on your piece of writing and its connection to the literature we are studying. This writing may be a poem, story, song lyrics, or creative nonfiction essay.
Be prepared to share this writing in a small group. Be prepared to receive both compliments and feedback. Do—even if your piece is a poem—write at least one full page.
PART 2
In 2 to 4 pages: introduce and thoroughly describe your own original writing (this must be the piece of writing you created for Part I); address your writing’s rhetorical situation (Who made it? Who is its intended audience? What purpose does it intend to serve?); ask yourself “Why this, now? Why is this the work that came from your brain as you presently reside in the US?” draw parallels and/or contrasts between your writing and 2-3 of our readings so far. (One or–ideally–both or all three of these must be readings from weeks 7-10.)
Your essay must use properly cited quotes and paraphrases from the readings to show direct links between your writing and the text(s). You’ve addressed the question Why this, now? of your own writing. What does the fact that you’ve created what you have, in 2021, say about America—or the present state of American literature?
How does that compare and contrast with the 2-3 works of African literature you’ve selected to also address?
Develop the essay around a thesis that states the significance of these parallels and contrasts. Your thesis will answer the questions “So what? Why does it matter that these things are alike or different?”
***Inclue a revision of your creative piece (Part I) with the analysis (Part II).***
Use quotes and vivid descriptions to support your thesis.
Do design your essay and cite your sources and use MLA formatting.
Do consider emailing your prof. to set up a call or visiting office hours to discuss your essay.
LIterature link 1: https://online.bhcc.edu/mod/resource/view.php?id=1473334
Literature link 2: http://marul.ffst.hr/~bwillems/fymob/things.pdf
