Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore the academic and professional sides of writing. New posts arrive each week throughout the semester.
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Keep it Personal.
Being personal in an academic setting feels weird. We were taught for so long to write the brunt of our work in such a round about manner.………
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On finding employment or why listening to NIN’s “Everyday Is Exactly the Same” makes you realize the bleakness of your reality.
Plus, there is something just weird about having to pimp yourself out to some job or corporation, so they can thoroughly fuck you for pennies.
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There’s magic all around us
What if we took a moment to experience and explore all the magic around us and truly submerge ourselves in it.
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A Writer’s Greatest Tool is a Book
My stories and poems were mine first, they were nurtured with me in mind. The magic inside of me was developing. I was becoming a writer again.
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Effective Resume and Cover Letter Composition
Employment is important, obviously. Resume and cover letters get you employed, which makes them pretty important.
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Employment: Reading and Writing Your Way into the Workforce
Writing education is largely a self-taught process through reading, more reading, writing, and of course, more writing!
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- Overview, Wk 1: Why Study Writing? (84)
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- Wk 5: Authority (73)
- Wk 6: Identity (66)
- Topic 3: Process (316)
- Wk 10: Collaboration and Failure (73)
- Wk 7: Process Metaphors (81)
- Wk 8: First Drafts (80)
- Wk 9: Revising (78)
- Topic 4: Technology (168)
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- Wk 14: Employment (79)
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