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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

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