EXWR 100-01: Basic Writing
3 September 1996

Paper 1: What's your writing process right now?

For this paper I'd like for you to describe what you usually do when you write something. It can be school-related writing, personal writing like journal-keeping, letter writing, fiction, poetry--pick some form of writing you've done more than once in the past and describe for us how you typically do it.

Here are some questions that might help you get started. Don't feel you have to answer all or even any of them:

• Do you have any special habits or preferences for writing materials? Does the lighting or furniture around you matter while you write?

• Is there a special time of day or night you prefer for writing?

• Do you consult anyone else when writing?

• Are there moments in the process that are more or less pleasurable for you? Are there moments that are more or less frustrating?