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Writing Assignment: Read It Out Loud

02.17.2012 writing

You will never know if your writing really works until you hear it read out loud. Some things look good on paper, or on the screen, but when read out loud they can be clumsy, awkward things. When you read your own writing, it needs to be, well, sayable, regardless of the style or approach [...]

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Crit Happens

02.16.2012 Art

My youngest daughter, a freshman at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), gave me a t-shirt for Christmas. It’s emblazoned with one of the more popular sayings around campus: “Crit Happens.” It does indeed. RISD embraces criticism from the top to bottom. It’s a regular part of daily life there. It can be brutal [...]

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Writing Assignment: Rhapsodize On A Simple Pleasure

02.10.2012 writing

There are few things in life as pleasurable as putting on a new pair of thick cotton gym socks. Actually, there are many things. They are typically simple, inconsequential things, but they bring us pleasure. They feel good to us, evoke memories, or alleviate a problem or pain we’ve endured. They make us smile because [...]

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More Things You Cannot Convey To A Young Writer

02.06.2012 blogging

You are not as smart as you think you are. Your first draft isn’t all that good. Neither is your second. You cannot edit your own work. You can become a much better writer.   More Things    

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Writing Assignment: Make Up A Word And Use It Correctly

02.03.2012 writing

Words are interesting things. Some people call them the atoms of speech and thought. I’m not so sure about that. I think of them more as the bricks, building materials. I see words as rough, big things, not tiny, elemental particles. We humans have a built-in ability to acquire language and to use it in [...]

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