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Writing Writing The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. - David Hare

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Page 1: Writing

Writing Writing

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

- David Hare

Page 2: Writing

Idea

Collect

Focus

Order

Draft

Revise

Page 3: Writing

Idea

PersonalOthers

Page 4: Writing

• Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write down critical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts are untrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

-Robert J. Mckain

Page 5: Writing

Collect

yourself others

Page 6: Writing

Focus

Page 7: Writing

• The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

– Mary Heaton Vorse

Page 8: Writing

Ordernarration

illustration

cause/effect

comparison/contrast

process analysis

persuasion

Page 9: Writing

Draft

Answering your questions

Ideas on paper

Making sense of what you know

Page 10: Writing

Revision

audience clarity

Page 11: Writing

• Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

– William Zinsser

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Editing (p. 17)

Grammar

Punctuation

Words

Page 13: Writing

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives.

- James Joyce