Date Range
Date Range
Date Range
Wednesday, May 05, 2010. In my keynote talk at the May 2010 Oregon Rhetoric and Composition Conference at Portland State University, I am inviting other teachers- students, too- to post ideas for getting started writing.
Friday, May 28, 2010. This class has really helped me to become aware of what I can do with my writing. There is more to writing a paper than just putting your thoughts on paper. The writer, I now see, can take the time to use grammar and punctuation to emphasize or highlight certain content without the reader being able to notice. Grammar can be used blatantly with punctuation like dashes or more subtly with punctuation like commas. Deciding Which Strategies to Use.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Nominalization in the English Major.
Friday, April 08, 2011. Thursday, April 07, 2011. Wednesday, April 06, 2011. Monday, April 04, 2011.
Tuesday, June 01, 2010. Wednesday, May 26, 2010. As a former writing consultant and current newspaper copyeditor, it has become ingrained in my subconscious to correct improper sentences. While I may be confident in my punctuation skills, I continue to make errors. Friday, May 21, 2010.
Writing and Life, Life and Writing. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society. What struck me about this quote is the idea of writers getting stuck on one part of a book. The cause is not always alcohol. Some novelists simply get caught up with a difficult section and cannot move on.