Stomping Ground
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A stomping ground is a familiar territory, a hangout, a homage. And thats exactly how we want you to feel when you read this collection. We want the words to ring true, to make you feel like you are at home. Some background on how this collection came to press... The Creative Writing in the Community is a course at Ball State University. An immersive, service learning opportunity, English 409 students meet with young writers in the community to teach creative writing techniques and to write and create a collaborative text. These young community partners are in various schools throughout the greater Muncie community, including Burris Laboratory School, Daleville Elementary, Longfellow Elementary School, Royerton Elementary School, and Storer Elementary. The objectives of the project and course include the enrichment of the creative writing major, through:· engagement in the local community;· through the scholarly study of a creative genre (memoir);· through relevant essays about creative narrative nonfiction writing pedagogy;· Through scholarly study about community engagement models; and· through the use of critical and creative examinations of the students own and collaborative work created for the classThe end product of these objectives results in a published anthology and celebration of the writing generated by both the university student and the young community writers in the greater Muncie community.This semester, the students also engaged in the book publishing process, learning design, layout, and editing. We have created a new press for the course, 409 Press. And it is our hope that each year, additional volumes will be added. Our essential and guiding element was that it is an honor to be trusted with someones story. And our role was to honor our young community writers voices so the rest of the world can hear the poignant, humorous, and brilliant wisdom that only young writers possess.A discovery my Ball State students and I m
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