WRITE NOW!?
Yes. Write. Now.
Writing. Samuel Beckett called it "a stain upon the silence." E.L. Doctorow called it "a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." Ernest Hemingway thought there was nothing to it. "All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed," he remarked.
So why write? Write now!?
"Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action," Paul J. Meyer maintained. Writing articulates thought and essentializes individuality. Writing immortalizes, and after all, as John Lennon reminds us, "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."
Use these links to locate resources and rubrics for the following types of writing:
So why write? Write now!?
"Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action," Paul J. Meyer maintained. Writing articulates thought and essentializes individuality. Writing immortalizes, and after all, as John Lennon reminds us, "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."
Use these links to locate resources and rubrics for the following types of writing:
- Writing Process (brainstorming, outlining, revision etc.)
- Literary Analysis
- Comparative Essay
- College Essay
- MUN/Persuasive Writing
- Revision/Editing
- Formatting/MLA Citation
In the end, there's really only one requirement for writing in my class:
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass"
(Anton Chekhov).