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Clouse: Jumpstart
Jumpstart!: A Workbook for Writers, 2/e
Barbara Fine Clouse
Your Writing Process

Writing On- and Offline



Directions: Find the website of the company that makes the computer you're working on right now by clicking here.



1

How does the image of the computer presented on the website mesh with your experience using it? What accounts for the differences, if any?

Directions: Give yourself ten minutes to freewrite about the following topics. Do not stop to think. If you don't know what to write, write "I don't know what to write," or repeat your last words until you get an idea. Don't let your fingers rest until you are through!



2

  • Does life in outer space really exist?
  • Are violent video games and movies dangerous to kids?
  • Do beauty pageants perpetuate dangerous roles and images of women?








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