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How to Learn to Write
Word Strumpet | May 2nd 2008 by Charlotte Rains Dixon
Reading as a Writer Last night Terry Price and I hosted a dinner for the new students entering the Loft, and, big surprise, the conversation was all about writing. One of the things that Terry talked about was how, in... read more
Teaching Writing
Makin | April 26th 2008
Many parents are disappointed by the writing skills of their children. However, they find that teaching writing is difficult as the kids don't necessarily recognize the parents' authority in this area.Most schools just don't have the resources to gi read more
Write Every Day
John Baker's Blog | April 22nd 2008 by John Baker
Kirsten Ogden at The Kenyon Review has taken all the advice. But what about putting it into practice? I started off well, but I guess morning writing wasn’t my thing. Neither was afternoon writing, it turns out. (Neither was writing at night!) Go f read more
The Paradox of Proverbs
Makin | February 17th 2008
I've long been fascinated with proverbs. Not just how they sound, which is comforting, but also by theparadox.While proverbs are great at encapsulating a point of view, they are useless at providing guidance. In fact, worse than useless. Proverbs ar read more
Learning to Write
The Writing Nag | August 22nd 2007 by Writing Nag
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.Bobby Knight Can you remember back to second grade and learning to write? Although I had been reading for some time learning cursive writing was a big deal.And then when read more
The sweet spot: Writing well = traffic
Write for Blogs | June 20th 2007 by Glenn Abel
Glen Stansberry of the blog LifeDev unveils a major traffic-building technique: become a better writer. I'm hoping that's true (and that Glen one day learns how to spell Glenn!).Here's a snippet from his post on ProBlogger:Good writers have an advant read more
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