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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Sommers, “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers.”
Reading Sommers, “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers,” and the chapter titled “Revision strategies of student writers”
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First Drafts
A first draft should be a starting point from which I can build my ideas. It’s important to embrace my mistakes and fix them as a writer.
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Metaphor (Week 7)
I kept something in mind that I heard last fall from taking this class and that I never write to sound smart.
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Writing is thinking through the fingers
writing is hard, but is it as hard as you think? Have you fallen into the fallacies of teachers who don’t know what they are talking about?
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Analyzing First Drafts
In all three articles, there is a debate on what makes a good writing process when it comes to crafting a good first draft.
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- Overview, Wk 1: Why Study Writing? (84)
- Topic 1: Literacy (171)
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- Wk 5: Authority (73)
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- 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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