After reading all about different ways to formulate ideas i think that listing is best for me. I like to just write things down my own way with little structure. Free writing has too much pressure, knowing there was a time limit would freak me out. Clustering or an outline feel too structured. But reading about all of them made me think about how some forms i think would screw me up would really work for someone else, everybody has their own style which is cool.
I definitly agree with the book when it says you should write your first draft in one sitting. Something i hated in school was when your first or second drafts would be graded, i never thought they were meant to be, especially hte first. To me me that has always been jut a jumble and sort of like raw clay to be given more definite shape with the second draft.
My favorite of all the narratives was Potato Chips and Stars, mostly because i could relate to Rose talking about getting lost in books, that's how it was always been for me. I keep saying how much i love narratives, it's beucase you get to pull people in and you're don't have to change their minds or even teach them anything, it's just there. And you might want them to learn or think differently after reading it but even if they don't it's okay, as long as they enjoyed it.
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