June 2013 – Princeton Writes

Princeton Writes Makes Online Debut

Stephanie Whetstone2013-06-26T12:00:21-04:00

On June 26, 2013, Princeton Writes launched an interactive website as part of its mission to enhance the quality of non-academic communication on our campus. Fully accessible to employees and students with a Princeton netID, the website is both a learning and teaching tool and a gateway to face-to-face instruction and assistance. It is intended to be an online meeting place for writers of every level of experience, regardless of their role at Princeton, and includes the following features: • A synopsis of seven key principles of effective communication. • A service portal, allowing employees and students to sign up for classes and tutorials, to obtain [...]

Princeton Writes Makes Online DebutStephanie Whetstone2013-06-26T12:00:21-04:00

The Nature of Writing

Stephanie Whetstone2013-06-25T12:00:49-04:00

Writing is an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary process that stretches from grade school to the grave. We do not wake up one day accomplished writers, our apprenticeship complete. On the contrary, every day demands a new commitment to this craft, moving us forward – and sometimes backward – in incremental steps that are only apparent when we cast a long look back. To write well, we must make the written word our constant companion – inspiration, nemesis, conscience, and, above all, clay. Never stop kneading and shaping it; never claim to have mastered it, but never despair of making it your servant. The novelist [...]

The Nature of WritingStephanie Whetstone2013-06-25T12:00:49-04:00

The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Class of 1917

Stephanie Whetstone2013-06-01T12:00:36-04:00

Critical Assessment “What gives the story distinction is something quite different from the management of the action or the handling of the characters; it is the charm and beauty of the writing. . . . “The story, for all its basic triviality, has a fine texture; a careful and brilliant finish. The obvious phrase is simply not in it. The sentences roll along smoothly, sparklingly, variously. There is evidence in every line of hard and intelligent effort. . . . “The Great Gatsby, I seem to recall, was announced a long while ago. It was probably several years on the stocks. [...]

The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Class of 1917Stephanie Whetstone2013-06-01T12:00:36-04:00

Princeton Writes Makes Online Debut

The Nature of Writing

The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Class of 1917

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