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Why Writer's Block is Your Secret Weapon | Copyblogger - 0 views

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writing storytelling blocks

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 30 Oct 09 - Cached
  • When you work it right, writer’s block is your secret weapon to becoming a better and more resilient writer. And when your ability to write is what pays the bills, that’s gold.
  • face the fear that any act of writing brings.
  • use writer’s block as a signal to stop and reflect on what you fear and why, because if you don’t acknowledge the fear, you’ll never be able to face it. All it takes to move through fear is facing it, feeling it. Saying to yourself, “Okay, this is scary. But it still needs to be done.”
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  • Take a blank sheet of paper and write down a one-line summary of what you think you’re supposed to be writing.
  • Write down all the ideas and opinions about that topic
  • put that page aside because that’s not the one that’s going to turn your block into a weapon. (In fact, it’s the one that will keep you stuck.)
  • Get another blank sheet of paper. Again, write down what you think you should be writing in the center of the page.
  • Dig deep into what you have to say, what you think, and what your opinion is, stripped away from all of those from the first sheet. Put it all out on the page, and take more pages if you need to. Remember, there is no one to judge you and your task is to write without any reference to the ideas or opinions from that first sheet, but write only from within you.
  • Each time you unblock yourself by writing despite your fears, it builds confidence. You realize, “Hey, I’ve got a lot to say! And I’ve got a unique position!”
  • You teach yourself that even though your job requires you to write to and for other people, you’re really doing it for yourself
  • To be a resilient and fierce writer, you need to write despite your fears. And you need signals, such as writer’s block, to help uncover your fears so you can face them.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 30 Oct 09
     
    For those of you who find the writing for this class too much to handle: Read this; read it several times; try to follow it's advice.
J.Randolph Radney

Lesson Plans: Writing - Combining Ideas to Write Paragraphs - How to Write in English - 0 views

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paragraphs writing English

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 09 Oct 09 - Cached
  • This lesson focuses on helping students develop a strategy for combining various ideas into well formed sentences which then combine to produce effective descriptive paragraphs.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 09 Oct 09
     
    As I followed Daryl's bookmark (Thanks, Daryl!) to this site, I found this page offering help for people who are having trouble getting the hang of what to include and what to leave out when they write a paragraph. This material (notice the exercises) may also help when students are considering whether or not to begin a new paragraph (in essay writing) or to continue without a paragraph break.
Danika Bush

Interesting Discussion Questions - 1 views

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Essay Topics writing interesting

shared by Danika Bush on 13 Jan 10 - Cached
  • 7. If the people who know you best were asked, would they say you tend to be mostly predictable or unpredictable? Why? Which of these traits do you most value in a friend? Do you tend to follow a set routine or do you often do the same things differently?
  • 9. For $10,000 would you be willing to stand up spontaneously and sing The Star Spangled Banner at the top of your lungs in the middle of a church service?
  • 11. If you were to move to a poor, primitive country, what three things would you most miss from your current life?
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  • 12. What is the biggest lie you’ve ever told? Why? What were the consequences, if any?
  • 14. What is one of the books (other than the Bible) that has had the greatest influence on your life? Why?
  • 34. Do you think people would be surprised about your thought life? How often would you be embarrassed if others knew exactly what was on your mind? Do you think your thought life is better or worse than most of the people in your circle of friends? Why?
  • Danika Bush on 13 Jan 10
     
    I like writing essays on the highlighted topics just for practice. For me, writing these interesting essays is somewhat fun.
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 13 Jan 10
     
    very great find! love it wish i had found it! thanks for telling me diana! <3
J.Randolph Radney

Tips for Writers - 0 views

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writers Writing

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 16 Oct 09 - Cached
  • J.Randolph Radney on 16 Oct 09
     
    The National Council of Teachers of English (in the US) has prepared several pages of information for people who want to write well. Check out the links that are on this page.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 16 Oct 09
     
    The National Council of Teachers of English (in the US) has prepared several pages of information for people who want to write well. Check out the links that are on this page.
J.Randolph Radney

Blogger in Middle-earth: One Voice? A post for bloggers - 1 views

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middleearth blogging

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 26 Oct 09 - Cached
  • What sort of voice do you use when you write a blog post? Do you have an informal or personal tone to your writing? Or do you prefer the more formal structured approaches?
  • Bryson is a journalist. Yet even for me, twice a Science graduate, his ‘voice’ immediately captures my interest in the Science he writes about. He speaks as if he is talking with me, not talking directly at me.
  • Is there a single genre that is appropriate to writing blog posts?Or should the genre be selected according to the topic of the post? Could genre be chosen to address a particular target group within the readership of the blog?
  • J.Randolph Radney on 26 Oct 09
     
    This is a resource to help you think about how formal students want their public blog to be.
J.Randolph Radney

Singular 'They': a Footnote - Lingua Franca - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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shared by J.Randolph Radney on 14 May 13 - No Cached
  • As English teachers, one of our responsibilities is to ensure that students master the conventions of standard edited English, so that they will not be judged in negative ways based on their formal writing. Whether it is fair or not, others (including other teachers and future employers) may judge a construction like singular they as “wrong”—as evidence that a writer is not well trained and “does not know better.”
  • I tell students that they are welcome to use singular they&nbsp; in writing for my class, but they should footnote it the first time they use it and in the footnote explain their rationale for using singular they.
  • A fundamental goal of writing instruction, including instruction in grammar and style, is to encourage students to be highly aware of the decisions they are making as writers, from the level of the word, phrase, and sentence to the terrain of the paragraph and essay as a whole.
Deon Solomon

Essay Info :: Essay Writing Center - 0 views

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  • Deon Solomon on 07 Jan 10
     
    Help you with writing a essay
J.Randolph Radney

Developing Ideas for Writing/Prewriting - 0 views

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prewriting writing developing ideas web2.0

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • J.Randolph Radney on 18 Mar 10
     
    Here are some ideas for writing.
J.Randolph Radney

POWA | Writing Ideas, Help, Community - 0 views

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writing english education resources

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • J.Randolph Radney on 18 Mar 10
     
    Here are some writing helps.
J.Randolph Radney

Seth's Blog: Make a decision - 0 views

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education

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
  • No decision is a decision as well, the decision not to decide. Not deciding is usually the wrong decision.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 15 Oct 09
     
    What will you decide today? Will you decide to write?
  • J.Randolph Radney on 15 Oct 09
     
    Write now!
J.Randolph Radney

Brainware: How to Succeed with Failure - 1 views

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writing fear failing

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 02 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure — or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you will find success.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 02 Nov 09
     
    Please don't think that I am trying to set any of you up for failure in this class. I don't anticipate any of my students failing (except those who don't try... and they have already failed...). Rather, think of what this site has to offer regarding making mistakes. Many of you have been afraid to write for fear of making mistakes. I would suggest that you try to double the rate at which you are making mistakes in writing...:)
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