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Writing the critical preface


How do you begin?
Our guidelines say that the critical preface incorporates the discussion of the organizing principle along with the following:
  • Conceptual design, or how the literary pieces were conceived in terms of the unifying organizing principle
  • Personal aesthetics of the writer or one’s development as a writer
  • Genetic criticism of at least three (3) selected original pieces analyzed in terms of creative process, revision, and effort at craftsmanship

Let's look at the first item in the list above.
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Our previous discussion in Organizing Principle may have given you some clues how to put together a "Rationale" for your collection. You may have noticed some common thread in your creative pieces -- thematic similarities, recurring problems in your creative process, theoretical/critical queries -- that may provide you with some ideas.

Because you were thinking about something when you came up with a title for your collection, right? Because you were thinking about something when you wrote a particular piece, right? Because you can actually connect one realization to another, one insight to the next, one piece to the other pieces -- right?

There you have it, then. Something to begin your preface with. But how do you write this part of your thesis? To be continued

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