Get Ready to Write
Prepare for the Lessons
You’ll set up your Process Notebook. You’ll also find out more about the lesson steps, optional activities, and self-evaluations.
Why Personal Storytelling Matters
“I’m still learning how to write. I don’t know what technique is…. For me it’s like a journey, and the only thing you know is that if when the book is over, you are prepared to continue – you haven’t cheated.”
— James Baldwin [1]
STEPS FOR GETTING READY
Notebook and Lessons
In this setup section, you will:
- Required: Take on a process perspective.
- Required: Create your Process Notebook.
- Required: Survey the lesson activities.
- Required: Learn to evaluate your own work.
- Optional: Do some introductory reading.
- Optional: Find a writing partner or group.
- Optional: Read the Opening Inspiration
– with a nod to the author Ursula K. Le Guin.
- From "James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction No. 78," interviewed by Jordan Elgrably, Paris Review, Spring 1984. ↵