PhaseH

=Phase H—Compelling communication=

Goal
"My writing and other products Grab the attention of the readers/ audience, Orient them, move them along in Steps, so they appreciate the Position I've led them to."

Processes
From Phase G > Exploring your writing preferences to identify strengths and issues to work on > Narrative outlining GOSP Direct Writing & Quick Revising Narrative draft Complete Draft Reverse Outlining Eliciting comments on a complete draft Revising in response to comments Final report 

GOSP
A report on your project should: GRAB the audience's attention. (It's often helpful for listeners/readers to hear/read something that explains how you personally got involved in this, or what it means to you.) ORIENT the audience to > the direction of movement in your project, and > where your talk/paper will take them. >> In the spirit of orienting the audience to what you are working towards, verbs are important. E.g., Instead of a report title such as "Lack of funds for girls sport," consider "Convincing Corporations to fund girls sport." STEPS = the overall argument/progression that leads your audience to the POSITION you want them to appreciate, if not to agree with.


 * //In-session 12//**

Direct Writing & Quick Revising
for 90 minutes with the goal of completing an extended narrative outline or short draft (say 4-5 pages). As described in Elbow, chapters 4 and 5, this technique involves splitting the time in two, using the first half to write complete sentences (without extensive finetuning) and the second half to: a. put them in order (e.g., by numbering them); b. adding any necessary transitions; and c. tidying up what you have. It may be short, but it is something that is finished. After completing this outline or draft, read Elbow section III on revising, take stock of comments received on your outlines, and then prepare the draft of your research report. 

Narrative Draft
TBA 

Complete draft
For a draft to be complete you have to get to the end even if you only sketch some sections along the way. Unlike an incomplete draft, it allows readers to see if you are clear about the Position you want to lead them to and the Steps needed to get them there (see GOSP). 

Reverse outlining
Work through your draft systematically, paragraph by paragraph, using a separate sheet of paper to write down the topic(s) or thesis(theses) of each paragraph. Then put away the draft and examine the list of topics on its own. Consider see how the topics could be rearranged, streamlined, discarded, combined, split, so that each paragraph makes a distinct contribution to a definite GOSPing path. If you have not made a narrative outline before, this may be the time to do so. 

Eliciting comments
After the draft is completed, you should pair up with a peer and comment on each other's draft. Keep in mind Elbow's chapters 3 & 13 and [|varieties of responses] when you decide what approaches to commenting you ask for as a writer and what approaches to use as a commentator. In the past I made lots of specific suggestions in the margins for clarification and changes, but such suggestions led only a minority of writers beyond touching up into re-thinking and revising their ideas and writing. So I focus more now on trying to capture where the writer was taking me and making suggestions for how to clarify and extend the impact on readers of what was written. I believe that all writers value comments that reassure them that they have been listened to and their voice, however uncertain, has been heard.  Revising in response to comments //to be developed// 

Project report
Whatever form your report takes, explain why you have pursued this project, convey your process of development during the project, and lay out your personal/professional development plans for the future. The report should not be directed to the advisor or instructor, but conceived as something helpful to peer readers—what would they need to know to get interested in and understand what you've done? Cite references consistently in text and in a bibliography. Only references cited in the text should be in the bibliography, but a Supplementary bibliography of references used but not cited can be helpful to readers. For a guide on technical matters of writing scholarly papers, see Turabian, K. L. (1996). A Manual For Writers of Term papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, or TBA

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