I want to talk about the basic mental action that you’re performing while writing an essay. That is, when you’re writing an essay, what is it that you’re actually doing, mentally speaking? The short version is this: that when you write, you are taking ideas out of that foggy, nebulous region on the fringes ofContinue reading “Solidifying Ideas into Words”
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The Mind on the Other Side of the Writing
Starting with this one, the next few posts are going to be specifically addressed towards my first-year writing students of spring semester of 2020. If you’re one of those students, go ahead and skip down to where it says “MY STUDENTS: SKIP DOWN TO HERE.” (1) For anyone else—perhaps you are one of the thousandsContinue reading “The Mind on the Other Side of the Writing”
Writing to Perform versus Writing to Communicate
or Figuring out What to Say and How to Say It, and Why You Shouldn’t do Both at the Same Time or Fun with Footnotes This post has given me some trouble—partly because it’s a very big topic with a lot to cover and I didn’t know what to include or cut out, but alsoContinue reading “Writing to Perform versus Writing to Communicate”
The point of this blog
(It’s going to be about writing essays in college) Alright, I think I’ve clicked in the right text box. The main target audience for this blog is going to be first-year college student writers. That said, I think the things I want to talk about might be interesting to others as well, at least inContinue reading “The point of this blog”
Thoughts on Essay Writing 