Theater of the mind

1. Highlights: focus is on thinking
1. We want to create a dramatic scene in the mind of the beholder
2. Engage in metacognition--make our thinking visible
3. We want to prod imagination
4. Shape an experience in them mind of our reader through our writing
5. How can we make a whole new way of thinking in our reader’s minds? Rhetorical strategies like ethos, pathos and logos
6. Make visible what would go unnoticed in the life of the mind
7. Challenge the conventional notions of something
1. Tell a story
2. Use humor, fear,
3. Write against the grain
4. Use the imaginary to reinforce the real