Author: Sarah Rosales
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Anybody Can Read and Write*
Whereas being able to read and write whatever and whenever you want should be a right, it is made a privilege that not many people realize.
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On Poor Grammar and Being an Immigrant
I’ve worked as an editor before, and you’d think that would make me more strict on grammar, but really it’s only made me more slack with it.
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Between Multimodality and Document Design
Connecting my two loves, writing and drawing, isn’t such a large gap that I have to bridge, and it’s always fun to find how they can support each other.
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Don’t Get Distracted—Oh Hey, Look Over There!
I want to believe that what I’m thinking is pretty singular, and that what’s coming out is just as comprehensible rather than a train wreck.
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Writing Eyeball to Eyeball, and Seeing Eye to Eye
Collaboration can turn a shitty first draft into, well, a not so shitty second draft, and honestly? That’s enough for me!
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And to Your Left You’ll See the Writer in Their Natural Habitat
My brain works like some nuanced reasoning engine on rails, but what’s coming out is exactly what you expect from a sleep-deprived undergraduate student.
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Give the First Draft Some Time to Cook
You will be bad the first time around, which is okay and generally expected! Because there will always be the opportunity to try again.
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Think of It Like This
I want to expand on this rule because, sometimes, it’s okay to tell and not show, but knowing when is a skill you have to build yourself.
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Write With Authority or Perish
To write with authority means to have the confidence to share your knowledge of your particular literacy to others in a discourse community.
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To Be Multifaceted
I’ll come out the other side with a more compelling paper if I just fall into the pit of questions and embrace that sometimes the truth can be everything.