Communication

This is a Special Assignment (ungraded) that I'd like you to complete so I can evaluate your present writing skills and you can use my feedback for future graded work. Please post it here by 11:59 p.m. on Sun., 1/13/19, so I can give you my feedback before Week #2 opens next Weds. One or two double-spaced pages would be fine. The format should be a Word document; don't just use the Comments box unless instructed to do so, please. Work is difficult to edit in that format.

Refer to Tips & Resources (left menu) for common mistakes students make so you don't! :) Also, ALWAYS reread your work before submitting it to make sure everything is correct—if you don’t know how to spell something, especially names, look it up!

Here’s a how-to: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-Autobiography

Please create your "autobiography." It is written in first person (or you could use third person, if you wish);  read more about the differences between autobiographies and biographies here: 

https://prezi.com/kbq2qewccsen/autobiography-and-biography-comparison/

This should be something that could be placed on a book jacket or used to introduce you to an audience (the person doing that would, of course, use third person; i.e., "An accomplished. award-winning actress, Noelle has followed her dream to help others find their true passions by...") You can embellish your background to include things on your own bucket list--having climbed that mountain, won the Nobel Prize, sailed the Seven Seas, gotten an advanced degree, invented something, written a movie, traveled the world, whatever...your choice!! Just make it sound true!!

This is a practice exercise so I can get a look at your writing style. 

Some examples are:

Christiane Heggan - one of my good friends, now retired, who wrote 17 page-turning mystery novels that won many awards. I relished reading every one and miss her witty style that left me wanting more to enjoy. Here's her biography:  https://www.writerswrite.com/journal/mar01/a-conversation-with-christiane-heggan-3012

You may also like these favorite authors:

1. Janet Evanovich (a very funny writer!):  https://www.evanovich.com/about/
2. James Patterson:   http://www.jamespatterson.com/about_biography.php#.VK6zpcmGe1k 
3. John Grisham:  http://www.jgrisham.com/bio/

Have fun--I look forward to reading them!!

Rosemary