Wed, Feb 9, 2011 Blog Assignment

Creative Nonfiction Assignment #1 - Conversation with Family Member (Elizabeth Gilbert assigment)

Step 1 - Pre-writing (this is a required element of the assignment) - Worth 10 points

This blog entry serves as pre-writing for our Elizabeth Gilbert-inspired writing assignment. Create a dialogue/conversation between yourself and your genius (which you hopefully created as part of your response to the video). Use this dialogue/conversation, as a way to generate ideas for what you will write about. Your genius should help you come up with at least 5 ideas for your important conversation. Example (my genius is named Slash).

Mr. Cheng: Hi Slash.
Slash: Hey C-man. What up?
Mr. Cheng: I need to write a creative nonfiction piece about an important conversation between myself and someone in my family.
Slash: I'm thinking your dad. He was always lecturing you about stuff.
Mr. Cheng: True. There was the time I got in trouble for sneaking out of the house. That wasn't really a conversation...
Slash: Think again.
Mr. Cheng: Right. It started out as a note, but then became a conversation later.
Slash: Now you're gettin' it. There's that heavy talk with your sister before the funeral.
Mr. Cheng: Right. That was really sad, but had a huge impact on me.

There is no length requirement for this blog entry, but its content must cover at least 5 potential subjects for your writing assignment.