Writing at Its Best by Anita Kline

2020-03-19T12:43:48-04:00

Writing at Its Best by Anita Kline This is the latest post in our series of reflections on the nature of "good writing." Anita Kline, manager of the Center for the Study of Religion, is intrigued by the creative potential of homonyms -- words that are pronounced the same way but have different meanings. "Such vulnerable, messy terrain," she writes, "is where new writing ideas roam, as well as some considerable discomfort, to be sure." Thinking about what makes good writing and searching for fruitful writing ideas make me think of my two-year-old granddaughter, Eloise, not only because, well, most things do these days, but [...]

Writing at Its Best by Anita Kline2020-03-19T12:43:48-04:00

charlatan (shär-lə-tən)

2018-07-16T09:00:15-04:00

Definition (Noun)1 quack 2 one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability : fraud, faker In Context "Don’t let the egomaniac charlatans on internet umbrella forums tell you otherwise: there’s no such thing as a perfect umbrella."   — Andrew Goble, GQ, "The Best Umbrellas Are Tough Enough for Downpours and Cheap Enough to Lose Without Crying," 2 May 2018  

charlatan (shär-lə-tən)2018-07-16T09:00:15-04:00

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (2017) by John McPhee

2018-07-01T08:00:16-04:00

Critical Evaluation "It’s the last three chapters, 'Checkpoints,''Draft No. 4' and 'Omission,' that will be assigned and reassigned by grateful writing teachers. Perhaps the most generous passages in this generous book are in these final chapters: letters to the student of a fellow writing teacher, Anne Fadiman (whose yearly seminar at Yale was endowed by a former student in honor of Zinsser), and to Martha and Jenny, two of his four daughters, now both professional writers: 'Blurt out, heave out, babble out something — anything — as a first draft.... As you work it over and alter it, you begin to [...]

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process (2017) by John McPhee2018-07-01T08:00:16-04:00

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