This link has been bookmarked by 88 people . It was first bookmarked on 02 Nov 2007, by Gautham K.
-
30 Sep 13
-
26 Sep 12
-
21 Aug 12
-
07 Aug 12
-
15 Feb 12
-
22 Sep 11
-
23 Jan 11
-
13 Apr 10
-
04 Oct 09
-
05 Sep 09
-
05 Aug 09
-
28 Dec 08
-
19 Sep 08
-
10 Jul 08
-
09 Jun 08
-
22 Apr 08
-
26 Mar 08
-
25 Mar 08
-
15 Mar 08
-
19 Feb 08
-
28 Jan 08
-
23 Jan 08
-
19 Jan 08
Jack FrostTeachers, business people, and just about everyone else it seems complain often and loudly that people today (usually kids today) don't know how to write.
-
01 Jan 08
-
28 Dec 07
-
26 Nov 07
-
18 Nov 07
-
12 Nov 07
-
09 Nov 07
-
08 Nov 07
-
-
Teachers%2C%20business%20people%2C%20and%20just%20about%20everyone%20else%20it%20seems%20complain%20often%20and%20loudly%20that%20people%20today%20(usually%20%E2%80%9Ckids%20today%E2%80%9D)%20don%E2%80%99t%20know%20how%20to%20write.%20I%E2%80%99m%20convinced%2C%20though%2C%20that%20a%20big%20part%20of%20the%20problem%20(perhaps%20the%20biggest%20part%20of%20the%20problem)%20is%20that%20people%20don%E2%80%99t%20know%20how%20to%20edit.%20We%20labor%20under%20the%20notion%20that%20good%20writing%20flows%20easily%20from%20the%20pen%20or%20typing%20fingers%2C%20and%20that%20editing%20too%20much%20will%20%E2%80%9Ckill%E2%80%9D%20our%20work.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20best%20writers%20know%20differently%2C%20of%20course%20%E2%80%94%20their%20memoirs%20and%20biographies%20and%20writing%20manuals%20are%20filled%20with%20stories%20of%20books%20that%20needed%20to%20be%20cut%20in%20half%20to%20be%20readable%2C%20sentences%20that%20took%20weeks%20or%20months%20to%20get%20just%20right%2C%20and%20lifetimes%20spent%20tinkering%20with%20a%20single%20work%20that%20never%20strikes%20them%20as%20%E2%80%9Cjust%20right%E2%80%9D.%20To%20paraphrase%20a%20common%20saying%20among%20writers%2C%20there%20is%20no%20good%20writing%2C%20only%20good%20re-writing.
-
-
07 Nov 07
-
06 Nov 07
-
05 Nov 07
-
04 Nov 07
-
03 Nov 07
-
Richard KendallTo paraphrase a common saying among writers, there is no good writing, only good re-writing.
advice article blogging editing writing tips productivity english lifehacks writingforweb education
-
Andrew LeerInteresting tips on coherent writing.
reference writing lifehack productivity for:fleer555 for:monkeyart2004
-
-
02 Nov 07
-
Would you like to comment?
Join Diigo for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.