WEEK­­ 9: OCTOBER 17-OCTOBER 23

Reading

• BIAW “Research Starts with Answers” (Witte 226-230) [5 pages] [podcast, minutes]
• BIAW “Research Starts with a Thesis Statement” (Wierszewski 231-235) [5 pages] [podcast, minutes]
• WC “Invention” (Moxley) [4 pages]
• WS1 “Taking Flight: Connecting Inner and Outer Realities during Invention” (Antlitz 82-106) [24 pages]

Turn In

• Writer’s Journal Prompt^[1] [Blogs@Baruch]

Writer’s Journal Prompt [Blogs@Baruch]

Invention, the process of thinking about a topic and then creating, is often the hardest part of the writing process. Antlitz acknowledges this at the beginning of “Taking Flight” and goes onto reveal important connections between the challenge of invention and writing anxiety.

Try at least one of the Invention Strategies here for the Research project. Then, in your response, consider the following:

• What strategies have you used to generate ideas in the past? What has worked or not worked for you?
• After trying some of the Invention Strategies which ones were most interesting to you or seem to mesh with your writing process best?
• What was the outcome of your invention activities?
• What is your tentative Research Question? (this can change and evolve but include a rough idea here; look at the Research Assignment Sheet for examples)

Go back to Research.

Go to Research: Week 10.

[1] You can find guidelines for these responses on Blogs@Baruch and Blackboard.