Self-Assessment Freewriting

*Practicing Prewriting: Self-Assessment Freewriting: Be Honest!

You have read through the Writing Process .ppt, and read advice from professional writers, so now we practice pre-writing. Log into your CSUSB email account and go to Google Drive in the upper right-hand corner, create a new document and name it “Prewriting YOUR LAST NAME” (example: “Prewriting Asbell”)

Read through the “Writing Process” presentation, and make sure you have the advice from professional writers handy. Use a timer, but always remember you should keep writing if the timer goes off and you have more to say. Spend about 3-5 minutes freewriting on each question. REMEMBER: Prewriting is just PRACTICE. Let loose a little just write. How are you feeling right now? What’s going on with you? What kinds of writing do you do? What is your writing process? Any special rituals or needs when you write? What is the most successful you have been with writing? What did you do to ensure your success? What do you like about writing? What do you dislike about writing? Have you had a painful experience with writing? How do you come up with your ideas for writing? How do you decide what to write?

How do you revise and proofread your work? What are your strengths and weaknesses with writing? Exploring the advice that is meaningful to your process (from “Writing Advice” on Blackboard): ●Select the most meaningful advice you have read so far. Set a timer for 5 minutes and freewrite, explaining what the advice is and why you found it meaningful. If your timer goes off and you have more to say, feel free to reset the timer and keep going. ●Select another piece of advice and repeat. ●Repeat for at least 5 pieces of advice (7 total). Feel free to freewrite or try other kinds of prewriting (Reading Response, Drawing, Journalistic Questions). ●​All of this prewriting what you are turning in first-you are not writing an essay yet, so don’t worry about form-- just get some words down. Submit your prewriting to Blackboard (turnitin plugin) by clicking on the next page of the module. You should be able to submit your Google Doc a few different ways. If you are having trouble submitting, try a different Internet Browser or contact technical support.