start a new blog to exercise the creative nonfiction techniques you are learning in this class.

Description
Overview
Your goal is to start a new blog to exercise the creative nonfiction techniques you are learning in this class. You
should also showcase your creativity and commitment to becoming a consistent writer. Each entry (except for
Post #2) should be original personal memoir, not rehash of the class assignments we may be doing from week to
week. Keep the work PG-13. Do not post anything that is not safe for work or school. Students must create a
new blog using BloggerLinks to an external site. and their UMES email address for this semester-long
assignment. Please take this seriously, the point of this exercise is to add purpose to your passion.
Assignment
For this assignment, you will create a blog. Your ongoing assignment is to post 300 words or more on that blog
at least once every week until the end of the semester. Don’t worry if you have never blogged before. Below, you
will find instructions for starting your Blogger siteLinks to an external site. using your UMES email. We will
also go through this in class. Do not use alternate email addresses or other websites to create this blog. You
should start a new blog for using the process below.
Sign into BloggerLinks to an external site. using your UMES Google email address.
Click “New Blog”
Create a name for your blog.
Click “Next”
Choose a blog address or URL.
Click “Save” (You will be asked to comply with Blogger’s user agreement.)
You can learn more about changing the design of your blog and personalizing things like color and layout by
clicking HERELinks to an external site..
Here are your weekly topics for the 11 weeks left in the semester:
Post #1: Introduce Yourself to the World (Complete by Sunday, March 6, 11:59 p.m.)
Use at least 300 words to explain who you are, your hobbies, and what you will discuss and focus upon during
the duration your blog. Show some personality here. Have a theme or through line that ties all your posts
together and spawns creativity. For example, a blog about the “Stupid Things My Roommate Says” or
“Cheerleading Chronicles” or “UMES Cafeteria Cuisine: Hot or Not?” or “Movie/Comic/Book/Music Mania.”
You can use drawings, photos, and video to enhance each post.
Post #2: The Final Draft of Your Micro Memoir (Complete by Sunday, March 6, 11:59 p.m.)
Post #3: Blog topic + Picture
Post #4: Blog topic + Video
Post #5: Blog topic + Link in-text to another relevant blog
Post #6: Blog topic + Six-word story about that topic
Post #7: Blog topic + Haiku about that topic
Post #8: Blog topic + Invitation for people to respond (end with a question to debate)
Post #9: Blog topic + A call to action (end with urging the reader to do something)
Post #10: Blog topic + references to something you’ve learned about the blog topic chosen
Post #11: Blog topic + farewell message
Note the due dates for the first two posts. You can complete the rest of the entries at your leisure. I recommend
doing one each week.
By the end of the semester, every student should have at least 11 posts on their blog as outlined above. Students
are welcome to add more as they see fit, but they must meet the minimum criteria listed for each post to receive
full credit for the project.
This is a semester long project, but as noted above, the first and second posts must be published by 11:59 on
March 6. Submit the blog URL here to prove those first two post have been completed.
https://www.blogger.com/u/4/blog/post/edit/3182775997568034902/4175816899683913950