Writing the Future

First, please look over the paradigm shift assignment carefully.  Then, in a paragraph or two, tell me the following:

• *First and foremost, what is the anomaly you’ll be focusing on?
• *How are you going to sell it as not just something new and interesting but as an anomaly that will produce a paradigm shift?
• *In a sentence or two, what are the dominant paradigms that couldn’t have accounted for this anomaly, and which it will disrupt?
• *What kinds of research might you use to back your paper up?

Due in class, Monday, November 12th.

Please reread the manifesto assignment first.  Then, in one or two solid paragraphs, articulate the following:

• *What is the general subject of your manifesto?
• *What is the consensus on that subject, against which you are rebelling?
• *What are the new principles you are going to declare and articulate, to alter the course of the phenomenon in question?
• *What are you going to do at the level of form/tone/style/genre/etc. to make your manifesto stand out and cut through the status quo discourse on this subject?  If you are the sandwich-board-toting guy on the corner, what does your sandwich board look like?

Due in class, Monday, October 22nd.

In one or two solid paragraphs, please articulate the following:

• *What is the development or phenomenon you are investigating?
• *What is its relevance to the future?
• *What is your research/investigation plan?  What kinds of sources might you cite (interviews, existing news articles, statistical data, websites)?
• *Who is your audience?
• *Name a particular element/technique/style from one of the pieces we’ve read in this unit and explain how it might inspire your own work.

Due in class, Friday, October 5th.