Still Learning to Teach from the Air We Breathe
The shift from summer to fall always seems to be a subjective one. Especially because I live in Southern California, the change has less to do with the weather now […]
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Why Writers should Stop Worrying about Greatness
In a recent conversation, a friend mentioned that Stephen King, in his memoir on writing, acknowledges that there are great writers and then there are good writers. My friend correctly […]
For Fiction, Dropping the Royal “We”
I was an undergraduate when my ethics professor taught me to stop using “they” when describing collective behaviors. He did this in his written response to my ethics paper on […]
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 […]
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, […]