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Table of Contents:


Your Table of contents is one page, but does not count as a page in your overall count. Same for your title page. Page one in your research paper is the first page you start writing on when covering your topic.

For each new section, make sure you include a title/heading. The heading should be the title from your index page.




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I. What I Know

Music, and it's creation, is a fascinating creative process. Each person creates differently, so when a musician approaches a writing project, inspiration can occur on many different levels. Elton John has twenty-one number one hits and over ten platinum albums. There is no doubting his success as a musician nor his prowess as a music writer.
As I listen to Elton John's music, I am curious as to how he can write so many different hits. For example, he wrote Daniel's Song and had a tremendous hit selling over a million records. Then, after the death of his dear and close friend Princess Diana, he altered the song to encompass her life. As a result, John had himself another platinum hit selling over a million records for a second time. It's as if John has a sixth sense of music writing, an ability to create music that millions of people will love.
Another example, The Lion King. Elton John was able to win a Grammy and an Oscar. Then, with his involvement on Broadway, John got a Tony award for his musical. Someone who wrote so many great songs, albums and musicals must have some type of creative process for creating great music.

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II. What I want to Know

What does Elton John use to create all of the music he writes? What process does he go through to find the lyrics and music to create so many number one hits?

(Get the idea? Let me know if you have questions).

Focus: make sure you are analyzing. Re-read your paper. If at any time you feel like you are rambling or you are giving me a lot of info without sharing your opinion/analysis, make some changes. Have someone else read your paper if you have time.

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I hope this helps, let me know if you have questions. Again, I encourage you to get this done as soon as you can. Nothing worse than working late on a Sunday night because you procrastinated.

Also, if you are gone on Monday, either have a friend deliver the essay to class or email it to me. Barring major life altering circumstances, I will not accept any late essays. Tuesday is late.