Differences between peronsal narratives and outside the class writings

Currently I am writing letters to Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb on the issue of clean energy. I am showing my support for cleaner energy and trying to convince the senators that they should too. More concisely I am writing to tell them that they should support the Clean Energy Act. These letters I am writing are different from the narratives I have been writing in GWRT because in the letters to the senators I am trying to persuade them. In my personal narrative I am just writing a personal story of my life with the purpose to inform and entertain, while the purpose to the senators is to persuade. The process is also different when writing to the senators and writing personal narratives. For my personal narratives I don’t have to do any prior research before I begin writing. In my letters to the senators to show my support for the Clean Energy Act, I have to convince them to support the Clean Energy Act and by doing so I have to come up with some facts and new ideas to present to support the act. I have to do research and come up with statistics, others opinions as well as some research on new ideas. I will write about my feelings about the economy, the environment, air pollution, gas prices, our dependence on foreign oil, and our need for wind and solar energy. Another difference between the two writing prompts is that for my personal narratives they are personal and I write them alone and work alone but for my letters to the senators I am working with a bunch of other students and other organizations such as the Environmental Defense Fund. The more letters and voices that the senators read and hear the better chance they will accept the Act.