The Maker s Eye Donald M Murray Megan Horn

The Maker’s Eye Donald M. Murray Megan Horn Kelsey Myers Greg Drissel Greg Foley

The Maker’s Eye - Overview Students typically feel that their writing is done after the first draft. Professionals complete many drafts and oftentimes feel their writing is never done. Roald Dahl: 150+ revisions Murray outlines eight steps for revising writing and improving drafts:

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The Maker’s Eye - Information Specific, accurate, and interesting content. Start with an abundance of information.

Creative Writing - Information Derek Jonathan Sybil limped sluggishly into his parent’s single-story green house with white trim, the one that they were barely able to keep because rent was so high these days but they still managed to do okay, and began to complain bitterly about the worst day he’d ever had at school, at least since he was seven years old and Dan Nelson beat him up behind the jungle gym.

The Maker’s Eye - Meaning Information should be something actually significant to what is being written about. Each point should be a stepping stone toward the next piece of information.

Creative Writing - Meaning Derek limped quietly through the front door, and began to complain bitterly to himself about the worst day he’d ever had at school.

The Maker’s Eye - Audience Authors should put themselves in the shoes of the readers so they create something that has relevance / importance to the reader.

Creative Writing - Audience Derek limped quietly through the front door, already muttering to himself bitterly about the worst day of middle school he’d ever had.

The Maker’s Eye - Form The vehicle that carries meaning to the reader Cannot be selected until the writer has adequate information

Creative Writing - Form Fiction/Nonfiction Poem Flash Fiction Free Form Novel/Novella Short Story Script Graphic Novel

The Maker’s Eye - Structure Logical progression in the structure of the writing.

Creative Writing - Structure Quickly the day had dissolved into the worst of Derek’s life. Middle school is awful, he thought to himself as he limped quietly through the front door.

The Maker’s Eye - Development Must give readers enough information so that they are satisfied & not asking for more. Most beginning writers under develop their writing.

Creative Writing Development Quickly the day had dissolved into the worst of Derek’s life. Middle school is awful, German class is hard, Susie Richards is a pain, and everything is terrible, he thought to himself as he limped quietly through the front door.

The Maker’s Eye - Dimension Adding and subtracting details from the writing to achieve balance.

Creative Writing - Dimension

The Maker’s Eye - Voice The force that drives a piece of writing forward. Expression of writer’s authority and concern.

Creative Writing - Voice Quickly the day had dissolved into the worst of Derek’s life. Middle school sucks, German class sucks, Susie Richards sucks, everything sucks, he thought to himself as he limped quietly through the front door.

Creative Writing Voice Example 1 “I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up. I had just gotten over a serious illness that I won’t bother to talk about, except that it had something to do with the miserably weary splitup and my feeling that everything was dead. With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life you could call my life on the road. ” -Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Creative Writing Voice Example 2 “Abandon all hope ye who enter here is scrawled in blood red lettering on the side of the Chemical Bank near the corner of Eleventh and First and is in print large enough to be seen from the backseat of the cab as it lurches forward in the traffic leaving Wall Street and just as Timothy Price notices the words a bus pulls up, the advertisement for Les Miserables on its side blocking his view, but Price who is with Pierce & Pierce and twenty-six doesn’t seem to care because he tells the driver he will give him five dollars to turn up the radio, “Be My Baby” on WYNN, and the driver, black, not American, does so. ” -Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho

Creative Writing Voice Example 3 “All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true. One guy I knew really was shot in Dresden for taking a teapot that wasn’t his. Another guy I knew really did threaten to have his personal enemies killed by hired gunmen after the war. And so on. I’ve changed all the names. ” -Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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Psychology - Information Start out by educating yourself in reviewing prior research. An abundance of research is necessary to develop adequate research questions and formulate ideas.

Psychology - Information Batson, C. D. and P. A. Schoenrade. 1991 a. Measuring religion as quest: I. Validity concerns. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30, 416– 29. ——. 1991 b. Measuring religion as quest: II. Reliability concerns. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30, 430– 47. Chase-Lansdale, P. L. , Cherlin, A. , Kiernan, K. (1995). The Long-Term Effects of Parental Divorce on the Mental Health of Young Adults: A Developmental Perspective. Child Development, 66, 1614 -1634. Gallup. (2009). Religion. Retrieved from http: //www. gallup. com/poll/1690/religion. aspx#1. Gorsuch, R. L. , Mc. Pherson, S. E. (1989). Intrinsic/Extrinsic Measurement: I/E-Revised and Single-Item Scales. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 28, 348 -354. Hill, R. (2007). Family development in three generations: A longitudinal study of changing patterns of planning and achievement. New Brunswick, N. J: Transaction Publishers. Holland, J. C. , Kash, K. M. , Passik, S. , Gronert, M. K. , Sison, A. , Lederberg, M. , …Fox, B. (1998). A Brief Spiritual Beliefs Inventory For Use In Quality of Life Research in Life. Threatening Illness. Psycho-Oncology 7, 460 -469. Mahoney, A. , Pargament, K. I. Tarakeshwar, N. , & Swank, A. B. (2008). Religion in the Home in the 1980 s and 1990 s: A Meta-Analytic Review and Conceptual Analysis of Links Between Religion, Marriage, and Parenting. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality,

Psychology - Meaning Once research has been accumulated, it must be sifted through to find the most effective and relevant studies. Finding studies most relevant to your research topic will be most helpful to focus on.

Psychology - Meaning Batson, C. D. and P. A. Schoenrade. 1991 a. Measuring religion as quest: I. Validity concerns. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30, 416– 29. ——. 1991 b. Measuring religion as quest: II. Reliability concerns. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30, 430– 47. Gallup. (2009). Religion. Retrieved from http: //www. gallup. com/poll/1690/religion. aspx#1. Hill, R. (2007). Family development in three generations: A longitudinal study of changing patterns of planning and achievement. New Brunswick, N. J: Transaction Publishers. Mahoney, A. , Pargament, K. I. Tarakeshwar, N. , & Swank, A. B. (2008). Religion in the Home in the 1980 s and 1990 s: A Meta-Analytic Review and Conceptual Analysis of Links Between Religion, Marriage, and Parenting. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, S, 63 -101.

Psychology - Audience The researcher must look at the audience who him or her is presenting to and tailor research accordingly Goals for research are often aligned with the journals research will be submitted to: Counseling Cognitive Social Perceptual Etc.

Psychology - Form How will your study be conducted? Experiment Survey Observation The type of research might dictate for what purpose you are researching for and what your results will mean Correlation ≠ Causation

Psychology - Structure of a Research Paper Abstract Introduction Method Results Discussion References Appendix

Psychology - Development Provide results and data from your experiment What was accomplished? What was learned? What can be further accomplished?

Psychology - Dimension Revisions to add & subtract data & irrelevant information. Multiple-trials to validate data. Confounding variables.

Psychology - Voice Instead of working toward having a certain voice for a research paper, authors should work away from it. Less creativity and more readability & understanding is better.

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Teaching - Information Pick topic for lesson plan Decide the skill/content area Age group targeted Decide on number of children in group Decide on space and materials needed

Teaching - Meaning What will the children experience during the activity What are the different skills they will acquire during the activity

Teaching - Audience Age group being targeted The cognitive level of the age group targeted

Teaching - Form Figure out why the lesson being taught is worthwhile

Teaching – Structure & Development Beginning of Lesson Transition Intro into lesson During Part of Lesson What will the children do What will teachers do/ interactions What are they learning End of Lesson Conclusion Transition out of lesson Clean-up

Teaching - Dimension Figure out developmental objectives Social/Emotional Language Cognitive Physical Adaptive How will individual needs be met Special needs Easy/Hard

Teaching - Voice What are potential problems? How can activity be extended?

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Questions? Works Cited Murray, Donald M. “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts. ” Language Awareness. 10 th ed. Ed. Paul Escholz, et al. New York: Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2009. 161 -165. Print