Companion Piece to Project 1

Companion Piece to Project 1

WRA 101: Writing as Inquiry

Spring 2017

Project 1: Social Justice Lyric Essay invited you to create an untraditional style of personal narrative called a lyric essay. Now, I’d like you to step back and reflect on your writing process while making this essay. To do so, draw on the writing vocabulary we discussed in class. (See prompts below for ideas about how to approach these writing terms).

A Companion Piece is simply a writer’s memo that describes the writing decisions you made and the process you went through to craft a finished piece of writing. Focus Companion Piece to Project 1 using one or more of the following prompts:

1. Invention refers to the process of coming up with ideas and the ideas you’re putting forward. Discuss the process you engaged in to come up with ideas related to a social justice issue. What social justice issue did you write about, and what strategies did you use to invent the stories you told? Did you phone a friend, free-write, make a bubble chart, watch movies or TV, reflect on your own experiences, or something else? Describe the various stages of coming up with ideas in this essay, making sure to give readers a clear sense of the major ideas you’re trying to get across.

2. Arrangement refers to the choices you made about organization and form, as well as the relationships you’re drawing between various ideas in your essay. Discuss the process you engaged in while arranging your lyric essay. What choices did you make about writing the scene, character, point of view, action? What form did you choose for your lyric essay (braided, segmented, collage, prose poem, hermit crab)? How does this form serve your purpose and audiences? Describe how the content of your essay and the form serve each other.

3. Voice and Style refer to your unique viewpoint on the subject matter of your essay. Discuss your writer’s voice and style. Who are you as a writer, and how does your voice come through in your lyric essay? What intentional choices did you make about style (language, rhythm, brevity, white space, imagery)? How does the essay’s style serve it’s purpose and audience?

Format: 2-3 page, double-spaced reflection in MLA style (See The Purdue OWL or Google Style Guide for more information about MLA style)

Final due: In Writing Portfolio
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