"How Student Writers Develop: Rhetoric, Psychoanalysis, Ethics, Erotics" by T.R. Johnson
What are the odds an article with this title will provide an adjunct teaching freshman composition substantial help teaching students where to put periods and where to put commas?
I'm starting a prediction market.
Yes, and to think they go from trying to master the five-paragraph essay in high school to, well, that when they hit college. Both sides would appear to have their heads buried firmly in the sand.
ReplyDeleteEvery serious writer has a specialty or niche. It could be fiction, journalism, personal finance, career development, fashion, or food. When these authors put pen to pad — or fingers to keyboard — they have their audience in mind. They know what their audience wants and expects, so they meet or exceed those expectations.
ReplyDelete