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October 2019
An Elbow’s approaches to revision
By MARC ROGER DICKNER in the group :: MAIS Blog :: October 20, 2019 - 10:53pmAfter reading Elbow’s approaches to revision in his book Writing With Power, I found it to be most useful as it guided my revision with basic but to the point rhetorical questions. The criterion-based approach was very useful in my...Sidestepping writer’s block
By MARC ROGER DICKNER in the group :: MAIS Blog :: October 19, 2019 - 8:08pmThe whole notion of writer’s block is an interesting conundrum. The University of Illinois’s Center for Writing Studies explains how “[w]riter’s block is often caused by conflicted feelings. We want the writing to...The number 1 outline: alphanumeric
By MARC ROGER DICKNER in the group :: MAIS Blog :: October 19, 2019 - 5:01pmI personally prefer the alphanumeric outline as compared to the full-sentence or decimal outlines. What I like about the alphanumeric outline is it’s simplistic concise, to the point system. Although full-sentence would be beneficial...Learning about word choice, style and tone
By MARC ROGER DICKNER in the group :: MAIS Blog :: October 19, 2019 - 4:29pmAs indicated in Betts’ Lost in Translation: Importance of Effective Communication in Online Education, communication is not always received as the sender has intended. It is a complicated process in which many factors need to be...
