You are encouraged to use Lynda Barry as your guide to your Daily Diary/Review Frame experience, using these videos in order:

 

A few reminders about structure:

Lynda Barry’s example:

My example from class:

A few things to remember:

1. Try to be as specific as possible.
2. As Lynda Barry says, “No detail is too small.”
3. For your five minutes of writing, begin with “I am” or “I’m,” and then write in the present tense, as if it is happening to you now.  Beware of slipping into the past tense.
4. Note Lynda Barry’s instruction to alternate writing first with drawing first on your second page.  What do you notice about the different approaches?

Some incredible advice from Lynda Barry:

Some examples of Lynda Barry’s (adult) students’ Did, Saw, and Heard lists:

And some more incredible advice, this time about drawing:

Notice how Brunetti-style allows for a lot of individuality:

All images from Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor (Drawn and Quarterly, 2014) and Making Comics (Drawn and Quarterly, 2019), by Lynda Barry.