Writing Territories
The Topics I Want to Write About
Our schoolwork, our chores, our jobs
The things we "Like" on Facebook
Sports, Hobbies, Interests
Our hopes and dreams for the future
The things we love, and the things we hate
Our relationships, friendships, and family
What we think about when we daydream
THE BIG THINGS IN LIFE
The little things in life
• Memories: early, earlier, and recent
• Obsessions
• Idiosyncrasies (weirdness in the world)
• Problems
• Dreams
• Urges
• Understandings
• Confusions
• Passions
• Sorrows
• Risks
• Accomplishments
• Fears
• Worries
• Fantasies
• Family, close and distant
• Friends, now and then
• Fads
• Favorites, now and then
• Pets, now and then
• Teachers, now and then
• Places: school, camp, trips, times away with friends and relatives
• Hobbies
• Sports
• Games
• Music
• Books
• Poems
• Songs
• Movies
• Writers and artists
• Food
• Pet peeves
• Beloved things-objects and possessions-now and then
• All of the loves of your life
Examples of Writing Territories
• How much I hate Saran-Wrap and cheap garbage bags
• My parents' cooking: Will I ever match up?
• Remembering Summer Sports Camp as a kid, and as a counselor
• Video Games
PS3 vs. Xbox vs. Wii vs. Computer Games
Different Genres: Sports, Shooters, Action, Family
• Wearing clothes right out of the dryer
• Birthday parties: Best or worst experience
• My relationship with my younger sister: From siblings to friends
• Future hopes and dreams: What's next??
• Changing seasons --What I love about autumn
• How am I feeling right now? Why am I feeling this way?
• The certain songs that give me the chills
• Baseball
Yankees: The greatest sports team ever?
Old Days vs. New Era
Performance Enhancing Drugs: Worth the attention?
• Classic Rock
Hippie garbage or revolutionary musicians?
Woodstock: More than music?
• Guitars
Acoustic vs. Electric
Lead vs. Rhythm
• My dream vacation to Aruba
• My actual vacations to New Jersey
Come up with your own Writing Territories!!!!
Over the Weekend, record 5 things you would choose to write about. Think of things from your everyday life that you never pay full attention to
- Sensations (Things you touch, feel, hear, see, smell)
- Facebook likes!
- Terrible Commercials
- Weird food
- People acting weird/crazy
- ANYTHING YOU THINK OF!
What are Writing Territories?
Weekend Assignment