WRITING

WORKSHOP 2015
INTRODUCTION

WHATS A TEXT?
WHATS IT MADE OF?
A

text consists of patterns of sentences, which consist of

patterns of words. Patterns within the word are known as
spelling, patterns within the sentence are known as grammar,
and patterns within the text are known as discourse.

CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING THAT IS

BEYOND THE TEXT

WHATS IT ABOUT?
WHO IS INVOLVED?
HOW IS THE MEANING MADE?
WHICH IS THE SOCIAL PURPOSE OF THE TEXT?

A TEXT is not just a string of

sentences.
It includes levels of meaning, often expressed as
paragraphs in writing.

A SENTENCE is not just a string of

words.
It is made up of word groups or phrases or
clauses that present chunks of meaning.

A WORD is not just a string of letters.

It consists of one or more syllables and
morphemes (prefixes, suffixes) or word

CONTEXT
TEXT
SENTENCE
WORD

HOW TO WRITE?

IDENTIFY YOUR TEXT

IDENTIFY THE PURPOSE

IDENTIFY YOUR READER

GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER

SET UP YOUR BASIS (BEWARE OF THE GUN!)

MAKE A LIST OF IDEAS

ORGANIZE YOUR LIST

3 STEPS:

INTRODUCTION

BODY

CONCLUSION

CHEKHOVS GUN
If you say in the first chapter that
there is a rifle hanging on the wall,
in the second or third chapter it
absolutely must go off. If it's not
going to be fired, it shouldn't be
hanging there.
Anton Chekhov