Jam Writing

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Jam Writing Informal Writing
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Writing

• Students tend to stop writing to edit frequently.
• The English lie
• good writinggood grammar
• Good writinga good idea!
• Begin by Jam writing.

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Jam Writing

• Just write! No editing.
• Dont stop writing, even when youre tired!
• Explore your brain and ideas
• Look for a good idea and throw out bad ones.
• Nobody will see Jam writing except you!
• How do I know what I think until I see what I
  say?E.M. Forster

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Jam Writing Usage

• After you have a good idea, start looking at
  form.
• After form is decided, look at audience.
• Write a first draft.
• Begin the editing process.
• Share your piece with the intended audience.

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Informal Writing

• Informal Writing (ie. poetry) is for a broad
  audience.
• Formal writing (ie. 5-paragraph essay) is for a
  small (often 1 person) audiencedesigned to check
  your learning.
• Informal writing like fiction, drama, and poetry
  are best created through sharp mental images of
  people or scenes and have conflict.
• Emulate, but dont imitate your favorite writers.
• Dialogue should be fresh and seem real.