Tag: writing
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Rules of Writing and Revising?
The writing process is not a one-size-fits-all process, as researcher Carol Berkenkotter and professional writer Donald Murray discover.
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Begone, timed essays
The SAT, and timed essays like it, can’t assess how well thought-out a paper is; the time constraint works against that.
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How do literacies affect you professionally?
The more things you’re literate in, the more you are capable of. Your knowledge and skills can benefit you professionally and personally.
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First Drafts (Week 8)
Whether you love writing or not, I don’t think you should go out of your way to belittle what you do. Think of it like your child.
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George Dila and I Share The Same Brain Cell.
Whether you follow Lamott’s or Dila’s stratedy on revisions remember the key is to find the writing process that works best for you!
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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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First Drafts: Why the Writing Process Doesn’t Have to be Shitty
The writing process needs to be more frequently understood, with many believing that good work must be perfect.
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Half n’ Half
They say that there are two types of writers. Builders and Gardeners. Is writing as black and white as that adage makes it out to be?