Second Remix

After our discussion about creative writing on Monday, I got really excited about our second literacy narrative remix. Creative non-fiction isn’t a genre I usually work with, and I had initially been a bit nervous. However, after thinking about it, I started seeing this assignment less as a challenge, and more as an opportunity to try something new. With that mindset, I visited the Writing Center for another session as a client (since I forgot that I had already done two).

The consultant I worked with was someone I already knew pretty well. She was surprised that I was coming to the Writing Center, but she found the prospect of working with another consultant interesting. I brought in my original literacy narrative, and explained my plans to remix it as a piece of creative non-fiction. We spent most of the session going back-and-forth, bouncing ideas off of one another. We discussed narrative methods, implications of dialogue, and various other stylistic concerns. Talking with her helped me gain some perspective as to what direction I wanted to take my writing in. However, it also brought to light some potential difficulties that I will have to consider.

Between my session at the Writing Center and reading Lauren’s post, I’m starting to reconsider my original plan. I had intended to show the development of my traditional literacy in a scene featuring my younger self and my cousins. However, if I go that route, I don’t know how I would incorporate anything about my digital literacy. Can I change the focus of my literacy narrative between pieces? I feel like the development of my traditional literacy has had a more significant impact on my overall development than anything else. If I choose to focus on that to the exclusion to my other literacies, would that be okay for the scope of this piece?