Intro to Writing

Author: Jacob Piatkowski

  • Strategy and Credibility

    Jacob Piatkowski

    Stephen King’s list of his top 20 rules for writers is something all writers should look at whether some rules do not apply to them.

  • Kyle Wiens Is A Menace

    Jacob Piatkowski

    Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit.com, claims in his blog post that he does not hire people with bad grammar or lack of “proper language.”

  • Multimodal Design

    Jacob Piatkowski

    The gestural mode can be useful to point out important highlights or emotional importance within the topic at hand.

  • Phones & Multitasking

    Jacob Piatkowski

    Warner makes an exception for phone use, and that is when students are working on a task that requires the use of phones.

  • Collaborative Writing

    Jacob Piatkowski

    The writers’ goal was to discover unstudied aspects, issues and successes of collaborative writing for a singular document.

  • Writer’s Block, Outlines & Failure

    Jacob Piatkowski

    I plan and schedule when I do which assignments, and work in my leisurely activities based around those times to do my assignments.

  • Writing Can Be a Shitty Process

    Jacob Piatkowski

    Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Draft” and George Dila’s response both have interesting arguments that readers can agree or disagree with.

  • A Brand New “Top Ten” List

    Jacob Piatkowski

    Reid uses a lot of specific examples and analogies to get her ideas across that make these ten points easier to understand.

  • Oh, That’s Just Alan

    Jacob Piatkowski

    Wardle’s article about authority provides the story of Alan, a computer support specialist and graduate of a large Midwestern university.

  • Who Has Authority?

    Jacob Piatkowski

    It was interesting to see the similarities and differences between two authors writing an essay about the same topic.