I decided that my writing falls under the genre of Humanitarian writing. I am using humanitarian support for trying to gain support for EWB. The conventions for my genre include writing about a relevant humanitarian topic. Such topics, according to rotary.org, are things such as literacy, hunger, clean water, health issues, natural disasters, peace, human rights, and refugees. Another website also stated that a good humanitarian writing is not overly emotional but honest while still pulling at emotions. It should take people to unfamiliar places and introduce them to unfamiliar cultures and their struggles. Typically what i found is that this writing is done by journalists, columnists, or people making documentaries, but really anyone who wants to write about it can.
Sources:
rotary.org
onewritething.com
idealist.org
1 comment:
Will, this is a "type" of writing but not a genre. I imagine that within "humanitarian writing" there are many genres used (editorials, magazine articles, essays, poetry, comic strips, etc.). Which one will you use? This is your genre.
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