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Voices in my Head; Trauma and Memory- How to live with 100 Voices
An interesting article I stumbled upon, while stalking the twitter feed of the author of my primary source research… It drew my attention (obviously) because of the subject manner, but it also references some of the authors that we have…
Writing Groups for Tuesday’s Workshop
Within writing groups, I’ll assign one reader to read each draft and write a letter with feedback (see below). Bring that letter to class. It should include the following: An explanation of the writer’s motive and thesis, in your own…
Submitting Your Drafts
Drafts are due by the end of the day Sunday–by email, to me and your writing group. If you are ready earlier, feel free to send it along then. We can all get started reading. Be sure to include: A…
Potluck
Hi everybody. Use the comments thread here to let us know what you’d like to bring to make our last class on Tuesday a celebration. No pressure if you can’t bring anything. I’m getting the feeling we’ll have plenty of…
Evaluate!
Hi eveybody. We’re at 59%! Here’s the link for completing course evaluations: qc.cuny.edu/evaluate Please take some time to evaluate our course. I happen to think it’s really important that you evaluate all your courses, but I’m only going to bug…
Tips for writing
I am taking another writing course with Prof. Grier and he suggested a few tips to writing that has proven to be helpful for me. I thought I’d share them with the class in the hopes that it might help…
For Class Thursday
We’ll do another writing workshop on Thursday–on analysis and reflection. Some good news to consider: After you’ve done the work for last week and this week, you should have written at least 1/3 of your draft–so you’l be well on your…
Final Blog Post: Writing Tip
For my final blog post, I’d like to talk about a few writing techniques that I utilize when faced with difficult or long essays. To be honest, I’m the type of person to do things very last minute. I usually…
Echo Maker
So far I find this story really interesting. It has some mystery in it and yet it has a lot to do with the scientific ideas of the brain. I felt connected to the characters and really see their connection…