The Outline: A Hidden Weapon in Any Global Strategy
I know from teaching for a while that many people have been taught in writing classes to outline their thoughts before they begin writing a paper or a speech. They […]
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Why Strunk & White’s Book is Not Good for a Composition Class
I have long appreciated and even enjoyed Elements of Style. According to E.B. White’s introduction, this was the book he used in his college English course long ago. His teacher, […]
Donald Trump’s Adjectives
Sometimes, adjectives can be a most interesting marker in a writer’s style. Many writers cut them, but they are like dandelions. We can’t cut them all, and when we find […]
On Revising Our View of Revision
I realize that I write a great deal about revision. It seems to go with the territory (the territory of being a teacher who is trying to write.) This past […]
A Meditation on the Nose
“I love your nose.” I heard this line in a real, if ill-fated, two-month romance in college. During that watery, dreamy time, I also heard loving references to other facial […]