Oh, right! I had to do one of these this week. In between everything that’s been happening, I almost completely forgot, so let’s get this in before the sleep medication knocks me out.
I was planning on organizing the essay chronologically, as that would be easiest on both myself and the audience, starting from a few years back when I originally kicked this plan into motion, going through current day, and fitting in the alternate plans (only a fool has a single plan) as they become relevant. Not only is this easier on the audience, but it lets me re-evaluate the game plan I already have in place. As the storyteller from 1001 Nights tells Scheherezade, “You start at the beginning, get to the end, and then stop,” and that’s generally been the summation of any and all writing I do. Everything else falls into place after that.
Now, organizing sources is going to be tricky. Are we doing this article-style, with no annotations? Are we going to provide sources for our statistics, if any, and in what format? I ask this of the teacher because my career (and point of interest, as I covered in the first unit) depends a lot on those details and statistics.
Honestly, I’m not sure why anyone would…organize an essay on how to get somewhere in any way other than chronologically.
I feel like I may have missed the riddle of the sphinx here.
Till next week.
-Miriam
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