Writing Center Workshop

The "Creating Multi-Genre Essays" workshop was all about being creative.  Centered around crafting multi-genre projects, we talked a lot of different conventions.  Though our class didn't put as much emphasis on multi-genre work, I still found the workshop quite interesting.

For the most part it was an open discussion.  We talked about different genes we encounter in our everyday lives.  Newspaper articles, blogs, movie reviews, letters, and academic papers were just a few of those we discussed.  The workshop leader asked who was working on multi-genre pieces and if they had decided on their style.  Some hands went up and a girl in the front was called on.  She explained the process of how she had changed her research topic as she went along and was now looking for the best way to bring the topic to life.  As the research was on a baseball team, I suggested using the convention of the baseball card.  The individuals she was studying might each have their own card with their "stats", tailored to fit her topic.

We talked about a few other ideas and helped another student in the creative process as well.  This, more than other WC workshops I have gone to was really a workshop.  Essentially we were just working together on a project (albeit only brainstorming) and playing with ideas.  Though it didn't provide a lot for me and my project, it did get my creative juices going and I can always appreciate that.