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DUE SAT. 10/ 20/2010 US 16:30(4:30PM) US: Los Angeles time

Instructions: should be at least 250 words.

Write two messages to different audiences about your big idea. One should be formal, such as a letter to the editor (of local paper, national newspaper, or magazine) or a letter to a politician or organization leader who could help to implement your big idea. The second can be an informal message for venue of your choosing (a Facebook posting, blog post, an e-mail to a friend, or a flyer that would be distributed in your community).

DUE SAT. 10/ 27/2010 US 16:30(4:30PM) US: Los Angeles time

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that the methods of defeating writer’s block as well as generating and organizing ideas for an essay are as varied as the students in this class. One tried and true strategy, however, is outlining, which can be a particularly effective technique at various stages of the writing process. Many people dread creating an outline, but the time you spend creating one will save you time and frustration as you begin writing the draft. An outline gives you a solid framework or map of ideas to build upon. Working without an outline can send writers off into the weeds — tangents that trail off and don’t necessarily contribute to the paper’s logic. These tangents can waste a lot of your valuable time, so do try to plan your paper by constructing a plan that includes the main supporting points for your argument, whether simple or complex.

However, an outline does not have to look like the traditional Roman numeral outline that many of you created for your research papers in high school

Review the following: Then, respond to the following questions:

· Find a strategy for defeating writer’s block that looks useful. Use the strategy to work on your blueprint for progress and then discuss whether you found the approach successful and why. What were you able to accomplish using this approach? Would you recommend it to others? Why or why not?

· Using one of the tools, a traditional outline, or another organizational method, generate four ideas for your draft. Make sure the ideas are expressed in complete sentences that could function as topic sentences for paragraphs. Then, discuss why these points will help to convince your audience about the feasibility of your big idea.

— Your response to both questions should be about 250 words

The first draft is often the hardest to write, so if you find yourself stuck, you are not alone. As a writer just getting started, you will likely have a host of uncertainties buzzing around in your head so getting those first words on the page and sustaining the writing are common obstacles for many.

One sure-fire way to address what is commonly known as writer’s block – the inability to make forward progress with one’s writing – is to visit a tutor in the Writing Center during Live Tutoring hours. These real live people can talk you through your block by offering practical suggestions and tips for jump-starting your writing as well as directing you to other appropriate Writing Center resources. Getting help early in one’s process is a great way to get on track from the start and position yourself to avoid more serious writing issues later in the process when it is often more difficult to resolve deep-seeded issues.

What follows are some tips for getting started on a draft and curing writer’s block:

Relax

· Just write

· Brainstorm

· Outline

· Know Your Purpose & Audience

· Conduct Research

· Jump-write

· Forget About Introductions & Conclusions

· State Your Thesis

· Talk to Someone

· Create the Appropriate Atmosphere

1. Relax. Writing is a process and a process takes time. Have you ever thought about what your writing process looks like? When you go about writing, what exactly do you do? Too often people sit down to work on a writing project – a paper for class, a memo to a boss, a letter to a teacher – only to discover the words do not come easily. People assume that because they know the language, the words should simply march directly from the brain to the paper in a coherent and effortless manner. Not so. Writing, like most acts of skill, requires time and patience. The uncertainties the writer has at the start that prevent one to get words down is, in fact, normal – it is part of the process! The more you can relax, the better you will be able to get focused and make progress with your writing. Practice relaxing by taking deep breaths and commit yourself to the writing process.

2. Just write! The best way to get started is by writing, and to this end, recording those words and seeing actual progress on the page is a push in the right direction not to mention a huge boost to one’s confidence. If you are stuck, put your head down and let writing happen. Don’t worry about spelling or grammar or anything except putting words down on the page. In this regard, you are freewriting, following the writing wherever it wants to take you. Don’t worry about where you are starting or if the content is “good” or not – just write.

3. Brainstorm. One great way to get thoughts down is to brainstorm. The idea is to use writing itself as a way to make forward, writerly progress. With brainstorming, you record in grocery-list fashion random thoughts on a particular topic as quickly as possible. Some of what you record may be full sentences and other content may be fragmentary. The job of the writer is to record whatever comes to mind as quickly as possible and without censoring oneself. Write as rapidly as possible and as long as you can – the more content you get down, the more likely you will be able to get beyond the block.

4. Outline. Sometimes what the writer needs is a little direction, and to this end, composing an informal outline may be just what one needs to make progress. Concentrate on recording the major ideas, the big points, and organizing them in a logical manner. Don’t worry about Roman numerals and proper spacing or anything like that. Instead, just focus on the ideas and the relationship of one to another. The ideas can be presented as full sentences, phrases, or any combination that works. Be sure to take some time to experiment and juggle ideas around so that you can see the possibilities of different arrangements, and if more specific ideas come to mind, add those to the outline where appropriate. The point of outlining in this application is not so much to get the structural framework of the piece of writing down pat, though this may happen, but, rather, to think about the topic in a way that enables you to record ideas so that you can then move forward with your writing.

Another approach is to complete a rough draft of the paper and then compose an outline based on that writing. Although the writing is a first-draft effort, you can often discover patterns and gain insight for new points by outlining even an early draft. Since writers do not work and think the same, experimenting with different strategies is a common-sense approach. Also consider using graphic organizers, like this one, to help you organize initial thoughts and ideas about a writing topic.

DUE SAT. 10/ 23/2010 US 16:30(4:30PM) US: Los Angeles time

Blueprint for Progress

This week’s project is your first version of the essay component of your final project. You will present your big idea in a persuasive and research supported manner and include your revised thesis statement. The style of the essay should be appropriate to an academic audience: avoid slang and stay in third person, and use the proper APA citation and formatting style.

For this project, review the feedback you received from projects FEED BACK: The introduction paragraph needed to determine a working thesis statement (with problem and solution), and note any challenges you may face with this topic and thesis. It looks like the entire three paragraphs cover this one concept. The assignment also called for you to spend a paragraph noting possible sources (a research plan) and determining how you will avoid logical fallacies. The third paragraph should have been a ‘pitch’ – a short advertisement promoting your big idea to a general audience.

. Student selects a topic appropriate for an academic, persuasive research assignment. Responses are written in 2 to 3 well-developed paragraphs. The discussion is logical and clearly written.

The project may be missing one or more components or the pitch is not articulated clearly..

Instructions:

Your draft must be at least three to five pages long (not including the title page and references page) and contain a brief introduction and conclusion. Make certain that your introduction includes your revised thesis statement, one to two sentences that identify your big idea, the problem the big idea will address, and why your solution/idea should be implemented. You will also have cohesive body paragraphs that provide a specific, focused analysis of your main points supported by the sources you found during the research process.

You must include at least three sources in this draft (in the text itself, not simply in the references page), one of which must be an academic source from Kaplan’s Library. Your sources, of course, must include in-text citations in the body of the paper as well as full citations in the references page following the APA format. If you do not include the appropriate citations, your paper will be considered plagiarized.

In addition to at least three pages of text, you must also include both a title page and references. These pages are in addition to, not included in, the three to five required pages.