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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Talent and writing
Haruki Murakami thinks talent is a “prerequisite” to writing a good story. I agree, but talent is not exactly what he seems to think it is.
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Professional Writers
Good grammar is essential for communication, especially in a business setting.English became the dominant language in the United States.
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Strategy and Credibility
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.
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Wiens is Rude, and AAVE is Important
“Weins is Rude and AAVE is important” compares the point of views of how grammar and communication should be in a professional setting.
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Tools and Productivity: Or How I Might Not Be Multitasking
So, having read Amicucci’s piece and Bradbury’s article I have concluded that I might not get multitasking the same way as others do, maybe??
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Multimodal Composing:
Multimodal composition is the act of creating texts that communicate to a specific audience \using any of a range of modes or technologies.
Categories
- About the Class (3)
- Overview, Wk 1: Why Study Writing? (84)
- Topic 1: Literacy (171)
- Topic 2: Discourse Communities (216)
- Wk 4: Concept of Discourse Community (59)
- 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)
- Topic 5: Professionalism (161)
- Wk 13: Professional Writers (82)
- Wk 14: Employment (79)
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