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Process 1 Goals

A Place & Time of My Life

• Identifyvivid and concrete details in our readings. 
• Freewrite in a variety of prewriting activities (including music, sketching, brainstorming) to warm-up for the life event essay. 
• Recall specific details:  Keep essay's time frame short--one day at most.
• Jot down your details in any order (may time some minutes to recall).
• Draft your story in any order.  Just get it on paper.
• Order your story in time. Note your details of setting and persons.
• Review words used to describe places and people.  Are they vivid or cliches?
• Respond to peers' drafts. 
• Revise your own draft, keep in mind feedback from peers and instructor.