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Monthly Archives: May 2015
About that Stream of Consciousness Re-Write…
After re-reading (and re-reading and re-reading…) the stream of consciousness post from May 21, 2015, I have decided that it is really two separate but related stories. One is a mini biography; the other is how I became interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Fixing Education
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Still Not Part 2 of the Stream of Consciousness Blog
Last night, I decided to organize my Outlook mailbox a little better. I knew I was behind reading blog posts of people I follow, but I wanted to get all the blogs notifications into one place so that I could … Continue reading
Posted in Blog posts, Blogging U, Time to blog, Time to read, writing, Writing101
Tagged Blogs, Blogs I follow, Time, Writing, writing101
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Versatility Award Thanks
Before I say anything else, this is obviously not part two of my stream of consciousness as a rough draft post from earlier this week. OK. That being settled, let me move on. Thank You and General Comments Several weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging U, liebster award, Versatile Blogger Award, writing, Writing 101, Writing101
Tagged Bloggers, Thank You, Versatile Blogger Award, Writing, writing101
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Today’s How I’m Learning to Write: Stream of Consciousness as a Very Rough Draft
…But that gives me plenty of time to write a stream-of-consciousness piece that I’ll develop into an actual post for the next submission. That means I’ll be editing out as well as adding and improving….I’m just trying to get words on “paper” that will give me some sort of shaky structure to the final product. Getting myself involved in a new business venture. Continue reading
Just an Announcement
There are still a few slots available for the small private writer’s group. If anyone is interested in participating–passing around parts of works in progress AND critiquing others’ work in a private group of up to 10 people–please let me … Continue reading
And Now, the Revised Version of “Today: First Draft”
…This is still not a perfect piece. However, I am not unhappy with it. … Continue reading
The Way I Was Taught to Write and How I Am Improving That Process
… I should probably go back and shorten some sentences, make sure I didn’t say the same thing twice, etc. But I’ll save that for tomorrow or the next time I blog on my writing progress. That way you will be able to see what happens when I stop a “story” from taking over and go back and improve it. After all, what is the sense of sharing how I learn to write if I show you nothing but the finished process?… Continue reading
Posted in About Writing, Learning to Write
Tagged About Writing, Before Edits, First Draft, Learning to Write, Writing, Writing Process
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How Do You Learn to Write?
Near the end, I realized that I had to make a decision. Since I have another site–WordPress driven, but part of my “business” page with GoDaddy–was it worth keeping up two blogs on education? So I put this question to the writing class: Continue reading
Posted in Blogging U, writing, Writing101
Tagged Blogging U, Learning to Write, WordPress classes, Writing, writing101
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Thanks for the Liebster Award Nomination!
THE LIEBSTER AWARD Thank you with all m my heart to Finkelstein, Gunroswell, and Jabrush1213 (in opposite order of nomination) for the honor of nominating me for the Liebster Award. Not just one nomination, but three! I am beyond humbled. … Continue reading
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Intense Writing 101 Class is Over…but Education or Writing? Help me decide.
It was with both relief and regret that I posted my final assignment to WordPress’ Bloggers U class called Writing 101. The idea behind the class was less to improve blogging than it was to improve writing in general. As … Continue reading
Write of Passage 