Crafting Your Literacy Autobiography: Brainstorming and Drafting Techniques
This guide outlines a creative approach to creating your literacy autobiography through effective brainstorming and drafting. Start by listing all significant writing experiences, including both in-school and out-of-school activities, without self-censoring. Next, choose the most vivid experience and detail it on a note card. Identify patterns in your details to organize your thoughts and draft a coherent paragraph. Embrace spontaneity in your writing process, allowing your genuine experiences to shape your literacy journey.
Crafting Your Literacy Autobiography: Brainstorming and Drafting Techniques
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Literacy Autobiography Invention Work, Part 1
Brainstorming, Part 2 • Begin by simply brainstorming as long a list as you can of writing experiences that seem to you to have been interesting or significant. • Remember, these experiences can/should include out-of-school activities as well as those associated with formal education. • Make as long a list as you can, censoring yourself as little as possible.
Selection and Detail • Select the SINGLE most vivid or interesting of your possible topics. • On a note card, list as many details as you can generate about this particular writing incident. List quickly, without censoring yourself. • “First thought, best thought.” – Jack Kerouac
Paragraph Draft • Look for patterns among the specific details you’ve listed on card #2, ways to link them together and organize them. • Use the (somewhat) organized list of details on your first card to write whole sentences, actually a rough draft of a paragraph, on card #3. • Attempt to put the details in a meaningful order.
