“Doing it by the Numbers: Power Writing Paragraphs About Creators and Victims”
In this exercise, you will Power Write two paragraphs following a specific pattern of development, and these instructions will guide you through development of the first, which is to use Dr. Skip Downing’s definition of Creator and explain what it means by showing when you have played the Creator role. The paragraph will follow this Power Writing pattern:  
1  2  3  2  3  2  3 (2  3, etc. if you use more than 3 examples from the book)

Power sentence 1 will define “Creator” (from page 32 in the On Course book—look it up now, please). It will also contain the number indicator words “a few” or “several.”  It is the topic sentence of the paragraph.
Power sentence 2 will be a general example of Creator behaviors from the sample list on pages 39-40 in the book.  Don’t just choose the first three!  Choose three (or four) of the behaviors that describe YOUR experiences.
Power sentence 3 will show an example from your own experience—a specific time when you exhibited that behavior.
Let’s do the first one together.   Pattern: 1 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3  
[1] Dr. Skip Downing says, “When people change their beliefs and behaviors to create the best results they can, they are acting as Creators, (p. 32)” a role which I have played several times recently. [2] One Creator behavior Dr. Downing describes is ____________________ _____________________________________________________________________________.  [3] I did this recently when ________________________________________________________  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.   [2] Another Creator behavior Downing describes is _______________  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.   [3] I did this when _______________________ ____________________________________________________________________________. 
Etc., etc. 
Finish it 
And then write a second paragraph following the exact same pattern (1 2 3 2 3 2 3, etc.) defining Victim behavior (see page 32) and giving examples that show when you have played the Victim role.  Type these and save them to your jump drive.  
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