Explain how these different methods of generating ideas fit with the other stages of the writing process.

Refer to: Crossroads, Ch. 1, Crossroads, Ch. 2, Crossroads, Ch. 12, Week 1 Electronic Reserve Readings.

This individual assignment has two parts.

Part 1
Select five creative techniques described in the readings or viewings for Week 1 (for example Telling Lies to Get to the Truth, Vignettes, or Your Earliest Memory). You will find a number of techniques described in Ch. 1, 2, and 12 of Crossroads. You may use any of these, but at least three must be a page or slightly longer written in narrative form (as opposed to lists or visual aids such as an outline or mind map).
Write on any topic you wish for any technique. Do not write “about” the technique; this is a practice session where you engage with the technique and write.
Write one page or slightly more for each technique. Some techniques such as mind mapping will not be a page of full text, but should be well-developed on the page.
To share these with your instructor, open a Word document titled by your last name and the phrase “practice and reflect.” In the document, add “Part 1.”
Identify your first technique by name.
Then insert a page break.
Give the name of the second technique, try it, and insert a page break, and so on.
You may use these techniques to generate ideas for works you will write later in this course, or to generate other ideas. Either is fine.

Part 2
Reflect on these exercises in a 350- to 700-word essay.
Describe your experience with these techniques. What worked, and what did not? Which will you need to adapt as you move forward? Are some creative approaches better suited to one genre or another?
Explain how these different methods of generating ideas fit with the other stages of the writing process. For example, will one method generate drafts easily, but be difficult to revise?
Explain how and where these approaches might fit with later stages of the writing process. For example, does one technique seem better for revising fiction?

Refer to the grading rubric for specific success criteria.

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