Exploring Writing - Gary Robert Muschla 2011
Part 1. Finding and Developing Ideas for Writing
Personal Experience: The Source
Exercise 1.1 Tapping into Personal Experience
The Value of Keeping a Journal
Seeing Life Through the Eyes of a Writer
Exercise 1.2 What Are the Details?
Focusing Ideas
Developing Ideas
Exercise 1.4 Developing Ideas Using the Five Ws and How
Exercise 1.5 Brainstorming via a Word Web
Organizing Ideas
Exercise 1.6 Basic Organization for Nonfiction
Weird, Strange, and Unbelievable
Part 2. Writing the Draft
Sentences: The Foundation of the Draft
Exercise 2.1 Types of Sentences
Exercise 2.2 Sentence Structures
Exercise 2.3 Combining and Varying Sentences
Building Paragraphs
Exercise 2.4 Constructing Paragraphs
Exercise 2.5 Reviewing Paragraphs
Showing and Not Telling
Using Adjectives and Adverbs Wisely
Using Active Constructions
Exercise 2.7 Active Versus Passive Constructions
Using Strong Verbs
Subject-Verb Agreement
Comparison and Contrast
Exercise 2.10 Comparing and Contrasting Pets
Figurative Language
Exercise 2.11 The Power of Figures of Speech
Part 3. Revision
Plan for Revision
Exercise 3.1 Recognizing Good Writing
Revision Peer Consultants
Exercise 3.2 Revision Consultants
Worksheets
Part 4. Proofreading
Proofreading Strategies
Exercise 4.1 A Proofreading Plan
Proofreading and Computer Screens
Exercise 4.2 Proofreading on a Screen
The Value of Proofreading Partners