Bringing It All Sweetly Together.docx

BringingItAllSweetlyTogetherBringingItAllSweetlyTogetherAnotherwaytoputfleshonthebonesofaskinnyessayistobringthefreewritingtechniquetoBEARafteryouhavefinishedyourmaporbrainstorminglist.Onceyouhavenumberedyourbubbles,havedecidedonanorderforthedevelopmentforyouressay,youcanthenfreewriteyourwaythroughthisoutline.Freewritingoneachitemenhancesyourchancesofdevelopinganessaywhichisdetailedandcomplete.Hereishowthisworks:StartingwiththeideaorfocusyouhaveidentifiedasNumberOne,youaregoingtoexecutefreewritesforeverythingonyouroutline.However,insteadofbeingopen-ended,thesefreewritesaregoingtobetimedusingawatch,clockorkitchentimer.ThereasonyouneedtotimethesefreewritesistoensurethateachELEMENTreceivesfullandfairtreatment.Ifyoudon'ttimethem,thereisagoodchancethatyouwillBAILoutoftheirdevelopmenttoosoon.AfteryearsofexperimentationmystudentshavediscoveredthatfiveminutesperelementisagoodtimetousefortheessaysyouwillbewritinginEnglish290.Later,asyouressaysbecomelongerandmoreinvolved,youcanadjustthetimeupward.(IfthephysicalactofwritingisdifficultforyouorEnglishisnotyourfirstlanguage,youmighthavetoaddmoretimetoachievethedevelopmentyouressaydemands.)Itwilltaketwoorthreetimesofusingthistrickbeforeyouwillhaveaclearunderstandingofhowmuchtextyougenerateperminute.Someofmystudentscaneasilyfillapageinsixorsevenminutes,whileothersneed20or30minutestoproduceafullpage.Ifallintothelattergroup.Ifyouhaveone,useakitchentimeroranalarmclockforthisprocesssoyouwon'tbedistractedby"clockwatching."IfthePARTICULARyouarewritingaboutfeelsfinishedandcompletebeforethetimeisup,pushyourselftokeepwriting.Ifyoustillhavethingstosayafterthetimergoesoff,allowyourselftoruntheideaoutuntilitdriesup.Onceyou'refinishedwithfocusNumberOne,moveontoideaNumberTwoandthenworkyourwaymethodicallythroughtherestoftheoutline.ThisSTRATAGEMmightfeelabitawkwardatfirst,butgiveitachancebecauseithaspracticalapplications,too.Mystudentstellmethatthistechniquecomesinveryhandywhentheirinstructorsassignfive,eightortenpagepapers.Ifyouknowhowtoshutoffyo