Class began with a discussion of metaphors for life; then we wrote metaphors for ourselves.
The writers analyzed a personal essay called "Burning in Heaven".
Mr. Zartler offered 5 rules for good personal essays:
Find a Lead (unexpected -- but not outrageous)
Say something; "I like puppies," is NOT something.
Provide INSIGHT into yourself or into your world view (which is insight into you)
Reveal something, but NOT that you steal from the blind (show a conviction or a core belief.)
Close; have an end, but don't repeat. Leave an image.
We reviewed a number of ledes.
Finally, writers highlighted the strong lines, and vivid images in their draft(s).
These lines became the prompt for or the skeleton of their next draft.
The writers analyzed a personal essay called "Burning in Heaven".
Mr. Zartler offered 5 rules for good personal essays:
Find a Lead (unexpected -- but not outrageous)
Say something; "I like puppies," is NOT something.
Provide INSIGHT into yourself or into your world view (which is insight into you)
Reveal something, but NOT that you steal from the blind (show a conviction or a core belief.)
Close; have an end, but don't repeat. Leave an image.
We reviewed a number of ledes.
Finally, writers highlighted the strong lines, and vivid images in their draft(s).
These lines became the prompt for or the skeleton of their next draft.
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