Discipline Collage
Re-read activity five from Being a Writer, chapter 1.
(Public Freewriting). Spend 10 minutes doing the exercise with the
idea that you are writing about your discipline.
Assemble a "discipline collage" from the writing you've done so far
for class. You may write a few extra pieces, but this activity should
mostly be editing and revision. Follow steps 1 through 7 on pages 14,
15, and 16:
- Look through the pieces you've written
- Write some more short bits about your discipline
- Spread them out so you can see them all
- Arrange them in what seems the best order. You can cut them into
pieces too, but try to use them all.
- You may need to write more now.
- Revise (but only for tiny changes in spelling or grammar).
Passages that don't work should be left out, not revised.
- Type your collage and copyedit it.
