Welcome to the Weekly Write Part Two!
Directions for the Weekly Write:
- Read the prompt as soon as you can after the Monday Posting.
- Use your tool of the week; memory, experience, or observation.
- Take notes first. Then write out your notes in as much detail as you can.
- Save everything you write – we will be using most of it again.
- If you miss a week, don’t worry! Just scroll down to see what you missed.
The Weekly Write:
2 September: Let’s move on to observation. This week watch people on their cell phones. Try to spend several sessions watching; the breakroom at work, grocery store, mall, coffee shop, or anywhere you want. The coffee shop – make sure the coffee shop offers free refills! – or a mall would be best since you’ll need to take notes. When do they use their phones? What do they use them for the most? And don’t forget people have Bluetooth! Look for earbuds and Smart watches with cell phone access! Sometimes when you think people are looking at the time, they’re really checking a text message. How young/old are the people you see using it? Does that affect their phone use? The final part of your observation is: how does the cell phone affect their interaction with the people present in the same location, and how does it affect their interaction with people far away?
26 August: This time use the tool of experience to write a brief story of going back to school. Create a student: a child, teen, or even an adult going back to college. Be sure and flesh your student out with details and feelings from your memory. Then go further; write out a few days for your student to participate in. How would your student behave and react to each day? Are they good or bad days? Are they humdrum days? Those are fine if you’re setting the reader up for something, so be sure to add the shocker you set them up for at the end.
19 August: Let’s try our memory tool first. Since it’s that time of year, think back to school time. (if you are still in school, or are in school again, think back to a previous school) Were you scared? Looking forward to it? Dreading it? All of the above? Remember the feelings and write them all out. Then analyze it from your current self; WHY were you feeling that way? Causes? Reasons? Next, remember your school days – did anything interesting ever happen in school? Did you have a favorite teacher? What do you remember about them? Write all this down as well for next week.