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By: It’s All About the Numbers | The Writing Base

It’s All About the Numbers | The Writing Base — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:54:26 +0000

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By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:05:15 +0000

I have just discovered your great blog and am going to direct my students to it. You make some great points about being yourself, originality etc.
Now there is a particular and peculiar dynamic going on in high schools of course. Whilst many of the marking criterions place “Flair and originality” as the top of the grid, many students are also spoon fed a mass of interpretations, and somewhere in the mist they are told to be “original”.
I have a number of students who are highly original and their respective classroom teachers of English, keep telling them to stick to the notes. yeeech. So there’s a push for our students to “conform” and when real originality shines.through..there are some who just don’t recognise it, are insecure with it, it just does not fit the “mould”. Makes me wanna holler!!!

Lets face it. Great writing begins with great ideas and lateral thinking.

One student even went as far to tell me that when she told her teacher that she did not intepret a particular novel in a particular way, that she was told to just write “what everyone else is writing and don’t make waves….” Yep! So I am forever saying you have to find your own voice,
knowing full well that when these bright sparks get back into their classrooms someone keeps telling them to dim the lights.

Crank up the high beam I say, stomp down on that pedal, and run over the idea killers. Truth is stranger than fiction. Yes?

By: The #1 Rule for Writing with Style : Robust Writing

The #1 Rule for Writing with Style : Robust Writing — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:11:31 +0000

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Why Writers Should Write Guest Blog Posts : Robust Writing — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:37:02 +0000

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By: Gabriel Gadfly

Gabriel Gadfly — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:28:09 +0000

I definitely agree with the tip about how trying to write with style tends to be counterproductive.

Reading a lot does help. Early on, my writing tended to emulate the style of whatever author I was reading at the time, but as I’ve read more and more writers and written more and more of my own work, I’ve noticed my own particular style coming out.

Great article.

By: Research Papers

Research Papers — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:30:50 +0000

I believe that writing with style is innate in every writer. It just needs proper guidance, experience and exercise to develop that "unique style" within each writer. I love research papers and every time I write one, it seems that there will be no unique style from me since the tone is serious and its for academics. But soon I've discovered that even if it's an academic paper, I can still show my style.

By: Marion

Marion — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:50:40 +0000

To achieve the excellent style tips here, I’d add: write it like a letter home. Works every time. Thanks for the sturdy encouragement.

By: Matt’s Thursday Morning Copout : World of Matticus

Matt’s Thursday Morning Copout : World of Matticus — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:11:58 +0000

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By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:45:09 +0000

This really helped me put things into an order! Trying to write more is definately helping me progress. Your steps are also there helping me!
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