Assignments

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Assignment 1: One Writer's Beginnings (PDF)

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"One Writer's Beginnings" (PDF)

"The Rise and Decline of a Love of Writing" (PDF)

Assignment 2: Looking—at MIT (PDF)

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"A Maze of Computation" (PDF)

"Ode to Bob Marley" (PDF)

Assignment 3: On the Road to MIT (PDF)

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"Curtain Call" (PDF)

"Transition" (PDF)

Assignment 4: The Personal Investigative Essay (PDF)

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"Spontaneous Collaboration" (PDF)

Assignment 5: MIT Stories (PDF)

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"The Escape" (PDF)

"Silence" (PDF)

Assignment 6: One Writer's Beginnings, Part II (PDF)

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"One Writer's Beginnings, Part II" (PDF)

"A Renewed Take on Writing" (PDF)

"This is 'the Fun of Writing'" (PDF)