Pointing the Finger at the Mirror
Some common words of wisdom are that language can only have an impact on you if you allow it to, but that's not always true. The way that...
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- May 22, 2022
- 12 min
What We Take From The Blue Castle: A Conversation
This conversation is the second part of my discussion with my wonderful colleague, Cate Otto. Together, we both chose passages that stand...
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- Apr 7, 2022
- 5 min
Isolation by Accident: Addressing How We Use Language
It's easy to say that we don't need to understand the way a person identifies, that it's better just to accept it. Abiding by that...
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- Mar 10, 2022
- 5 min
A Language Most Foul
Based on the title of this post, what do you think that it's about? More specifically, what possible associations could you or any others...
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 5 min
Fluidity
How do you know for sure if a writer is blocked? Like the answer to many, "How do you know if someone is...?" questions, the answer is,...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 5 min
But I'm a Beginner's Guide
Sometimes, experts in specific niches don't always make the best teachers. Usually, it's not because they don't have enough passion for...
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- Dec 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Importance of Forming New Habits - Part 2
Sometimes, writers come to me with projects that they initially thought were going to be easy. When they're introducing their piece to...
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- Nov 26, 2021
- 4 min
Meddling with Writing as Simulation
As an editor, when I see "in fact," I usually get rid of it. I'm not opposed to passive voice and I'm very lenient with a lot of...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 5 min
The Importance of Forming New Habits
It's common for writers to develop rituals in preparing for, executing, and finishing a piece of writing. For some writers, those rituals...
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- Oct 14, 2021
- 8 min
An Interview With a Science Fiction [Ghost]writer - Part 1
I recently had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Gabriƫl Oosthuizen, a fiction writer from Cape Town, South Africa. While his focus...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 6 min
Shaped by Expectation - Part 3
Writers often, naturally, seek to identify with or identify through their work. I addressed in last week's post that a common piece of...
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- Sep 23, 2021
- 6 min
Revised Writing Advice
After learning more about post-process theory and before transitioning to new material, I'd like to do something fun. It's easy to search...
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- Sep 16, 2021
- 6 min
Shaped by Expectation - Part 2
I began the Purposeful Prose blog with a series that explained how many obstacles that writers can run into can be solved within the...
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- Sep 9, 2021
- 7 min
Do I Know You?
The essay is known as a constant in process theory based education. Prewrite, write, revise, finalize. Many post-process theorists take...
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- Sep 2, 2021
- 6 min
Shaped by Expectation - Part 1
In academic settings, students are often expected to find the best possible way to produce fact and analysis of fact without knowing the...
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- Aug 26, 2021
- 7 min
The Importance of Making Meaning
Most post-process theorists have their own respective journeys and experiences on both the process movement and how post-process theory...
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- Aug 12, 2021
- 6 min
Revision Matters - Part 2
In the first part of this response to Nancy DeJoy's "I Was a Process Model Baby," I introduced the idea that the way discourse is often...
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- Aug 5, 2021
- 6 min
The Monitor Theory and Why it Matters
It's important to understand that there are a multitude of reasons why a person might have writing apprehension, and usually, it's not...
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- Jul 22, 2021
- 6 min
Writing Apprehension in Composition
In my personality test on writing apprehension, I looked at different scales with which writing apprehension has been measured, noting...
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- Jun 17, 2021
- 5 min
Demystifying Interactions With Writing
Discourse always has to come from somewhere. Thus, it is always dependent on some form of authority. It's valid to believe that the...
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