AHC Ethan Hawk Give Yourself Permission to Be Creative TED Talk Reflection Discussion

https://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_hawke_give_yoursel…

(1)Introduce the writer and include a quotation from the chapter or essay you’re discussing that

speaks to the craft element you want to explore.

(2) Tell us what you think about the quote.

(3) Ask an open-ended question that refers to it.

You’ll need all three elements to get full credit. These prompts should be ideas that get us started thinking and discussing. They should not be questions that can be answered with a fact or with a yes or no. Make sure you read all the prompts that have been submitted before yours. Do not repeat a prompt that someone has already submitted. This would receive no credit.

Prompt Example: In Crafting the Personal Essay, writerAnnie Dillard is quoted writing about the essay form: “There is nothing you cannot do with it; no subject matter is forbidden, no structure is proscribed. You get to make up your own structure every time, a structure that arises from the materials and best contains them. The material is the world itself, which, so far, keeps on keeping on.” All this freedom is exhilarating, but it can also be scary. Do you prefer more specific essay prompts or more open essay prompts and why?