Right Writing
"You will not learn to write well by talking – to me, or to anyone else – about writing; you will learn to write well by writing. Talking about writing is like talking about carpentry, or about playing the piano, or about riding a bicycle – interesting, perhaps, but of little help in actually learning how to do any of these things. To learn how to do them, you have to do them, over and over and over. It’s called “practicing.” It’s the same with writing; actually practicing the skill…. I’m not suggesting that I’m not happy to talk to you about your project. But talking to me is much less valuable than you (and most students) think it is.” – D.G.Post (August 2010)
Steps of Writing
Pre-Writing = Just getting all your ideas down on paper. Order doesn’t matter. (See http://www.studygs.net/writing/prewriting.htm for strategies to start.)
Writing = Organizing your ideas into paragraphs that communicate
Re-writing = Editing accuracy of facts, content, grammar, spelling, etc. Make it “sing” (Plan to write your title & introduction during this phase.
Rules of Writing Well
#1 Writing is Re-writing
#2 Writing is Re-writing
#3 Writing is Re-writing
