Journal #1
write a response of 400-800 words to the following prompt: Reflect on the word “writing.” The questions below may help guide your response. However, you are not restricted to addressing only these questions:
What is writing?
What is true about writing?
What is the purpose of writing?
What is your overall impression of or attitude toward writing?
What does it mean to be a writer?
Are you a writer?
What makes for good writing?
What are the rules of writing?
What is easy and/or difficult about writing?
Include the total word count of your response with your entry. Include only your response, and not the prompt itself, in your word count.
Journal #2
After reading Chapter 1, reread your response to Writer’s Journal 1, then answer, with 200-600 words, the following questions:
What from your first journal entry response, if anything, would change now that you have read Chapter 1 of our textbook?
Which ideas from Chapter 1 were interesting, revealing, or helpful for you to consider?
Include the total word count of your response with your entry. Include only your response, and not the prompt itself, in your word count.
