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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. Something more to think about. Chapter 14 gave me something more to think about when writing. I was specifically taken by the section on sentence rhythm. When a good peace of writing has a rhythmic. However, I simply thought that is what good writers do. That this is a developed skill. Thursday, May 27, 2010.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Explanatory materials, while parentheses are used to downplay. I now realize that every time I used parentheses in the past to expand on an idea, the use of dashes would have been more effective at conveying the importance of the additional information to the reader. You live and you learn. At least I now have a resource if I have any questions about punctuation in the future.
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.
Thursday, May 29, 2008. I really liked the purposeful punctuation chapter. It explained a lot of those little nitpicky rules I was wondering about. It was very informational and straightforward. Monday, May 26, 2008. By using a dash, or downplayed. Simple punctuation changes the way the information is interpreted. One of my goals for this course was to learn various ways in which to punctuate my sentences to make them more .
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.
E tenebras, lux dormiens. MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. A certain slant of light. That Was Then, This Is Now Dept. Shirley Jones to pose nude in Playboy. I feel the same way about this as I do about that new Andy Samberg-Justin Timberlake video.
All the writing competitions 2015. Fiction and poetry writing competitions. PRISM international Creative Non-fiction Contest. Money, Notoriety, Publication. Money, Notoriety, Publication. PRISM international Short Fiction Contest. Money, Notoriety, Publication. PRISM international Creative Non-fiction Contest. Money, Notoriety, Publication. PRISM international Short Fiction Contest. Money, Notoriety, Publication.
On January 7, 2014. I realize now, years later, that after I left this site and started another I neglected to post a forwarding address for those of you seeking to keep up with my writing. Thank you all for continuing to be loyal readers. You have my utmost gratitude. On September 19, 2011.
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