Dinty Moore’s chapters 5-8 or Purpula’s Glaciology.

should be discussion starters that explore some specific quote from Dinty Moore’s chapters 5-8 or Purpula’s “Glaciology.

This is your chance to grapple with the notions that Moore and other writers suggest about writing in general or nonfiction specifically. Think of craft as the deliberate choices writers make when creating their work. Be sure to

(1) Introduce the writer and include a quotation from the chapter or essay you’re discussing that

speaks to the craft element you want to explore.

(2) Tell us what you think about the quote.

(3) Ask an open-ended question that refers to it.

You’ll need all three elements to get full credit. These prompts should be ideas that get us started thinking and discussing. They should not be questions that can be answered with a fact or with a yes or no. Make sure you read all the prompts that have been submitted before yours. Do not repeat a prompt that someone has already submitted. This would receive no credit.

Prompt Example: In Crafting the Personal Essay, writerAnnie Dillard is quoted writing about the essay form: “There is nothing you cannot do with it; no subject matter is forbidden, no structure is proscribed. You get to make up your own structure every time, a structure that arises from the materials and best contains them. The material is the world itself, which, so far, keeps on keeping on.” All this freedom is exhilarating, but it can also be scary. Do you prefer more specific essay prompts or more open essay prompts and why?