Writing 321
Kerry Allen
This website was intended for my multimodal writing class at Roger Williams University. Throughout the semester, I will update this website with work I have accommplished in my class.
What POV is driving the story? What central point/need/desire for your community member must be conveyed?
Overall: Violence
Ma Sarah :
-The amount they suffered was immense
-The rebels were inhumane
Mama Sania:
-Struggled to survive
-Starvation- struggle to find and keep food
-Beating by the rebels
What dramatic question is organizing this narrative?
-How to do you cope with your PTSD?
-How do you “come back” after all this suffering?
What 5 central moments/themes must be included and why?
1. Death- important part in Mama Sania’s story
2. PTSD- main focus
3. What higher ground has done for them
4. Music- lighter moment
5. Resilience
In what order? How will you open, transition, close, etc.
-Open with Sarah’s story
-Ma Sania’s story
-Transition: How they got to the U.S.
-Suffering → today
-Henri talking about PTSD and how it affected them
-Education- end
-Playing instruments- at the end