Week 1 Pre-Work

Welcome to Week 1 of the IHI Writing Workshop! (You can almost feel the excitement, can't you?)

Each week, you'll have between 30-90 minutes of asynchronous work to do for the class. We know what some of you might be thinking ... 90 minutes?! Seriously? Do you think I'm made of time? We realize that's asking a lot, but becoming a better writer takes time and effort. And like anything, you'll get out what you put into this.

Let's get down to business. For Week 1, we're going to take it easy on you in terms of pre-work. We're asking you to do three things before Thursday's class:

1. Write (and email to Mike Briddon) one word that best describes how you feel about writing. (Please do this one by 10 AM on Thursday.) 
2. Read Don Berwick’s and Jim Reinertsen’s emails on writing advice.
3. Start thinking about your project for the workshop (the piece of writing you’ll develop over the course of the 4 sessions) – it can be anything: a blog, a letter to a parent, a note to a loved one, a movie/TV/restaurant review, anything.

Meet the Writing Workshop Faculty

Curious to learn more about your guides on this exciting writing journey? The five of us set aside some time to answer a few questions and give you some insight into our backgrounds and writing careers.

After brief introductions, we all answered three questions:

• When did you realize you loved writing?
• What is your proudest writing moment?
• What's the one tip you'd give to every "new" writer?

Some of us were happy to experiment with video introductions:

• Meet Jane
• Meet Becca
• Meet Mike

 

Messrs. Schummers and Azeem were scared of the camera. (Wusses ... right?) Anyway, you can read about them here:

• Meet Schummers
• Meet Azeem

We're all looking forward to seeing you in class!