Prepared by: Rhéal Nadeau
Posted on: October 18, 2003
Reposted on: December 21, 2003
Reposted on: February 1, 2004
Reposted on: March 14, 2004
Reposted on: April 18, 2004
Reposted on: March 20, 2005
It's time to open up the list to the
exercise of your choice again!
This week, you choose what exercise you
want to do. You can redo an
exercise
you've done previously, do one you've missed, or create your own - a
chance to
work on some aspect of writing you'd like to improve. (You can see all
the
previous exercises at
http://www.internetwritingworkshop.org/pwarchive/index.shtml
)
Since the free-for-all allows us to create
our own exercises or to
modify an
existing one, people often allow themselves a larger word count than
what the
original exercise required. This is perfectly legitimate. However, for
people
having problems sticking to the proposed word count, I would suggest
trying
even harder than usual to do so, to use fewer words than you usually
do.
(Conversely, anyone not having problems keeping under the word count
might do
the opposite, and use that limit as a minimum rather than as a maximum.
In
other words, if you tend to be voluble, try being terse, and vice
versa.)
The choice is yours - but remember, the
idea is still to do a
focused exercise,
targeting some specific aspect of writing. So you must let us know what
exercise you're trying to do - by pointing to an existing exercise in
the
archives, or by describing the exercise you came up with on your own.
If using
an existing exercise, but with some change (in word count, for
example), let us
know what the change is.
When critiquing, pay attention to how well
the submission meets the
goals of
the stated exercise.
I look forward to seeing the submissions
this week.
Have fun!
Web site created by
Rhéal Nadeau and
the administrators of the Internet Writing Workshop.
Modified by Gayle Surrette.