I sometimes give students a “how-to” assignment in which they get to write an essay teaching me (and the rest of the class) how to do something they are really good at. It’s surprising how many students write about procrastination. It’s surprising and funny. Ironic! I seriously doubt anyone can teach me anything about procrastination. […]
How old do you have to be to write? I recommend that you write, right now. You are the age you are. It’s too late to start young. And it’s too early … well, you get the idea. Here’s a quote I came across yesterday: “Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. […]
In my quest to blog every day in November, I thought I should add a reminder of why we write. I’ve loaned out my copy of Louise DeSalvo’s Writing as a Way of Healing, but here’s Martha Alderson on the same topic: “My most important insight is this: All of us face antagonists and hurdles, […]
A long time ago, when I still worried about what career I should have, a mentor told me that I should hang out with the type of people I wanted to become. I remember imagining a group of bankers and me dressed up and pretending to be a banker, wandering amidst them. No, I didn’t […]