Even though Lewis and Clark did not know how to get where they were going, they had a mission to accomplish—a desired consequence of the expedition.

President Jefferson's desired consequence for the Lewis & Clark Expedition was for them to find an all-water route from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean.

A visit to The Geyser of Good Hope provides a useful structure to writers by challenging them to:

• compose a desired consequence statement for each text they want to create

A desired consequence statement (metaphorically) does two things:

1. It clearly states the desired consequence the writer wants to see accomplished (through a particular instance of writing)
2. It identifies a viable target audience with the agency and social authority to bring about the desired consequence (for a particular instance of writing)

1. Familiarize yourself with the content of this webpage and its linked webpages.
2. Write a 300-500 word reflective essay in which you explore how you might use some of that information in three different contexts:
• when you are writing,
• when you are interacting with classmates, and
• when you are reading a text composed by a non-student writer.
3. Submit that essay to your instructor.