Two blog entries on politics in 1 day... Is that enough insights into the world for you yet, Siobhan? Actually I didn't really generate those insights, I merely provide links to them.

Anyhoo... I paid a visit to the MIT Writing and Communication Center to consult their writing coaches. I have been writing a lot of papers lately but I feel that I still somewhat unproductive in producing what I would consider well-written works. I felt that I still have plenty of room for improvement. Here are some notes from my session:

• It's very hard to do write everything in one fell swoop (no draft)
• Writing is like engineering design. It is done in several iterations (drafts) with each iteration getting closer to the final product
• Just write down anything that comes to mind on the first draft. Content first, worry about flow later
• Proofread your work verbally. Reading your sentences out loud helps to uncover hard-to-spot typos more effectively
• If you are proofreading strictly for grammatical errors, try reading your essay backwards and aloud. This way you separate the content from words

10/13/2005 8:01:10 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

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