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WRITING THREE WAYS An introduction to genres

TODAY’S PROMPT Write about an experience that is either awkward or difficult to talk about. (Don’t worry, we’re not sharing them with anyone). It can be embarrassing, sad or just deeply personal. Explore in writing, something that is hard for you to say out loud. Write about an experience that is either awkward or difficult to talk about. (Don’t worry, we’re not sharing them with anyone). It can be embarrassing, sad or just deeply personal. Explore in writing, something that is hard for you to say out loud.

WRITING THREE WAYS… Today we’re going to look at three pieces of writing. In each piece, the narrator is dealing with their own death from Cancer. Today we’re going to look at three pieces of writing. In each piece, the narrator is dealing with their own death from Cancer. One is a poem by Jason Shinder, one is an excerpt from the fictional novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and one is a personal essay by David Rakoff. One is a poem by Jason Shinder, one is an excerpt from the fictional novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and one is a personal essay by David Rakoff.

FICTION: THE FAULT IN OUR STARS BY JOHN GREEN Read the excerpt here: Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars Read the excerpt here: Chapter One of The Fault in Our StarsChapter One of The Fault in Our StarsChapter One of The Fault in Our Stars

POEM: UNTITLED BY JASON SHINDER Read the pome here: Untitled by Jason Shinder Read the pome here: Untitled by Jason ShinderUntitled by Jason ShinderUntitled by Jason Shinder

PERSONAL ESSAY: DAVID RAKOFF Click here to watch David Rakoff perform his essay on This American Life: The Invisible Made Visible Click here to watch David Rakoff perform his essay on This American Life: The Invisible Made VisibleThe Invisible Made VisibleThe Invisible Made Visible