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Several types of courses were taken for the writing minor, each with their own significant pieces. Here are some of my favorites:
WORKS
Academic Writing
Rhetoric and Reflection
Academic Writing
Rhetoric and Reflection
This was my main project for Research and Writing. It involved extensive primary and secondary research and was culminated into a paper with a digital portfolio to go with it.
This piece was the final portion of a four-part project for Topics in Writing Theory. The project, completed with another classmate, involved creating a digital campaign to make a positive change in society. My peer Katy and I chose to begin a Twitter campaign designed for helping young college students.
This analysis was done as an assignment for Writing and Research. It challenged us to create a visual metaphor in order to better understand the rhetorical situation. I chose to compare writing to a performing pianist.
(See "Newman Center" first). This piece was a part of the final Capstone Class. The assignment forced us to dig deeper into a piece we had written and truly reflect on the rhetorical choices we made and why.
Popular and Creative Writing
Popular and Creative Writing
This piece was a revision of my research essay on Music Student Burnout (above). The original piece was an in-depth research paper designed to be read by the administration and staff. For a revision in the Capstone Class, I turned it into an article for the music students themselves, sharing the ways that just changing how they think can help to prevent burnout in their own lives.
This piece was part of an exploration into the genre of creative nonfiction during my Theories of Writing class. "Newman Center", along with three other similar pieces, was written as a sort of response to Joan Didion's The White Album. I enjoy exploring new genres of writing, as each one comes with their own quirks and styles to learn. Creative Nonfiction in particular blends reflection and the essay form, seeking to create meaning from life's seemingly meaningless events and encounters. This exploration was an opportunity for me to learn more about a genre I had never even heard of and allowed me to put the flexibility of my own theory of writing to the test.
"Sent Up" is a short story I wrote for Creative Writing: Fiction. The assignment had virtually no requirements but that we write one short story and take the entire quarter to perfect it. The piece was revised extensively during the class, undergoing both peer and professor reviews. Creative writing is perhaps one of my favorite writing styles.
"Incuria" is a short story I wrote in high school near the end of my senior year. I have included it because creating the piece played a significant role in developing my interest in writing. The work also served as somewhat of an inspiration for "Sent Up", though I tried to let the latter stand on its own. Though I was young and not particularly experienced when I wrote "Incuria", it is still one of my favorites works.
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