Comments on: The number one reason you find it difficult to write http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html Ideas for great writing Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: seo packages http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-215 seo packages Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:31:40 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-215 we all become lawyers for some reason. we all become lawyers for some reason.

]]> By: seo packages http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-201 seo packages Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:23:19 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-201 Brevity is the soul of wit. Hamlet Wm Shakespeare (He should know) Brevity is the soul of wit.
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Wm Shakespeare

(He should know)

]]> By: Jimmy Nwueber http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-198 Jimmy Nwueber Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:49:56 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-198 Wow that seems really informative. I will have to check that out. Wow that seems really informative. I will have to check that out.

]]> By: Teaching College English » Writing advice http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-159 Teaching College English » Writing advice Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:57:22 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-159 [...] Write Mindset says: Write how you talk. [...] [...] Write Mindset says: Write how you talk. [...]

]]> By: Simply Stephen http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-133 Simply Stephen Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:22:08 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-133 Excellent advice...as a footnote, people tend to be verbose in speech, brevity can make your point stronger and more likely to be read. Simplifying is a complex task. Excellent advice…as a footnote, people tend to be verbose in speech, brevity can make your point stronger and more likely to be read. Simplifying is a complex task.

]]> By: Guy Chocensky http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-78 Guy Chocensky Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:04:40 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-78 An educator, or a college professor? Not nearly the same thing at all. Anybody can teach college. It's a piece of cake. It take nerves of steel to teach in public schools at the k-12 levels nowadays. We drive out good creative teachers early in their careers and the only people left are the good soldier types because they're the only people who can put up with the nonsese coming down from on high. Blaming schools for what happened TO SCHOOLS is putting the cart before the horse. A sick society creates sick educational system, and our modern consumer driven society is sick of heart and mind, too. That's why our prisons are hell, our health care system stinks, and every other social service we offer is in trouble. You can't keep electing people who HATE gopverment and democracy and expect the systems they control not to go to hell. Blaming schools forthis mess is idiotic. Blame the society which is destorying middle class families because if the kids are a mess, that mess started at home. An educator, or a college professor?

Not nearly the same thing at all.

Anybody can teach college. It’s a piece of cake.

It take nerves of steel to teach in public schools at the k-12 levels nowadays.

We drive out good creative teachers early in their careers and the only people left are the good soldier types because they’re the only people who can put up with the nonsese coming down from on high.

Blaming schools for what happened TO SCHOOLS is putting the cart before the horse.

A sick society creates sick educational system, and our modern consumer driven society is sick of heart and mind, too.

That’s why our prisons are hell, our health care system stinks, and every other social service we offer is in trouble.

You can’t keep electing people who HATE gopverment and democracy and expect the systems they control not to go to hell.

Blaming schools forthis mess is idiotic.

Blame the society which is destorying middle class families because if the kids are a mess, that mess started at home.

]]> By: John Haynes http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-77 John Haynes Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:56:28 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-77 I want to go back to Guy Chocensky's remarks. It is so true about the 19th century grammar sycophants. For instance, many so-called grammar experts even today say you shouldn't split an infinitive. But that "rule" comes from Latin, where it's not possible to split an infinitive. There's nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive in English. Ever heard "To boldly go where no one has gone before"? Most editors will tell you not to split an infinitive with a negative adverb: "to not go" is usually better as "not to go." But that's not even an absolute rule. Sometimes it's necessary to split 'em with negatives. I want to go back to Guy Chocensky’s remarks. It is so true about the 19th century grammar sycophants. For instance, many so-called grammar experts even today say you shouldn’t split an infinitive. But that “rule” comes from Latin, where it’s not possible to split an infinitive. There’s nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive in English. Ever heard “To boldly go where no one has gone before”? Most editors will tell you not to split an infinitive with a negative adverb: “to not go” is usually better as “not to go.” But that’s not even an absolute rule. Sometimes it’s necessary to split ‘em with negatives.

]]> By: Airek http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-76 Airek Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:32:20 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-76 Ken Robinson is an educator. He is also an idealist, but it's the ideals of those who can step temporarily outside the situation that we strive to follow, because they inspire us. It's the "shoot for the stars" mantra, which is optimistic, but wouldn't you rather think optimistically about our children's future rather than pessimistically? Ken Robinson is an educator. He is also an idealist, but it’s the ideals of those who can step temporarily outside the situation that we strive to follow, because they inspire us. It’s the “shoot for the stars” mantra, which is optimistic, but wouldn’t you rather think optimistically about our children’s future rather than pessimistically?

]]> By: Guy Chocensky http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-75 Guy Chocensky Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:22:25 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-75 I don't think schools stifle creativity. Well they do, but so does our society generally. It's the nature of large systems which are expected to produce students with a certain amount of schooling to stifle their "creativity". Because allowing them to follow their "creative instincts means they never have the time to teach the kids to read write or do basic math. I also think the "experts" at TED don't really have a clue what they're talking about, frankly. More top-down, let us experts (who it turns out haven't ever taught school at those levels) tell you what to think. Free you mind, champ. Most of these so called self proclaimed "experts" aren't. What they are is well connected to the money which produces things like TED. Cosy for those speakers, of course, but hardly useful to those of us who are actually doing something in education. The experts in education, I have come to find, are generally charlatans who never taught and haven't got a clue what teachers, schools and kids are really facing. I don’t think schools stifle creativity.

Well they do, but so does our society generally.

It’s the nature of large systems which are expected to produce students with a certain amount of schooling to stifle their “creativity”.

Because allowing them to follow their “creative instincts means they never have the time to teach the kids to read write or do basic math.

I also think the “experts” at TED don’t really have a clue what they’re talking about, frankly.

More top-down, let us experts (who it turns out haven’t ever taught school at those levels) tell you what to think.

Free you mind, champ.

Most of these so called self proclaimed “experts” aren’t.

What they are is well connected to the money which produces things like TED.

Cosy for those speakers, of course, but hardly useful to those of us who are actually doing something in education.

The experts in education, I have come to find, are generally charlatans who never taught and haven’t got a clue what teachers, schools and kids are really facing.

]]> By: Airek http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html/comment-page-1#comment-74 Airek Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:26:43 +0000 http://writemindset.com/writing/27/write-as-you-talk.html#comment-74 Sir Ken Robinson gave a very good talk at the TED conference about how school is educating us away from creativity. I agree that school is often enemy to creativity in writing. Sir Ken Robinson gave a very good talk at the TED conference about how school is educating us away from creativity. I agree that school is often enemy to creativity in writing.

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