Posts Tagged‘Craft of Writing’
Quotation of the Week: Robert Cormier
“The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time unlike, say, brain surgery.”
–Robert Cormier (1925-2000)
(via QuotesforWriters)
Friday Find: Essay Symposium Proceedings from Welcome Table Press
Some of you may have caught my short article in The Writer magazine some months back that described a spring event here in New York: a symposium convened by Welcome Table Press titled “In Praise of the Essay: Practice & Form.” In that article, I called Jerald Walker’s presentation–which included an account of one editor’s pre-publication request to confer with Walker’s 73-year-old mother before going ahead with a particular piece–“a conference standout.”
Well, now you can read Walker’s presentation for yourself. Thanks to Lisa Romeo’s blog, I recently learned that Welcome Table Press has made some of the symposium proceedings available for download (link updated April 2021: click “In Praise of the Essay: Symposia Proceedings” and scroll to Walker’s essay). (You can download this material for free, or you can purchase them in pamphlet form to benefit Welcome Table Press.)
Enjoy the find, and have a wonderful weekend. See you back here on Monday.
Friday Finds: Online Resources for Office Writing
Today, I get the chance to return to the classroom. Sort of.
At the day job, a colleague and I–both of whom have writing-intensive positions at our office–have been asked to lead a presentation for some of our co-workers. The subject: writing at/for work.
Between the questions that my co-presenter and I have already received from the participants, and a case study we’ve chosen (an example of an e-mail you would NOT want to send), I think we’re all going to have a good time today. (Plus, there will be food! Yes, I am getting a free lunch today!)
We’ll also share and discuss resources for further consultation. Several of these are online resources, and you’ll notice that some already appear right here on the Practicing Writing sidebar. But they bear re-presentation:
Anything else you might recommend? Please do share!
See you back here on Monday. Have a great weekend!
The Wednesday Web Browser
The Practicing Writing blog is grateful for its readership! We’ll be taking a few days off for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Warm wishes to all, and see you back here on Monday.