Category Archives: frosh comp
Keys to conveying experience
Writing theorist Peter Elbow believes a key to effective writing is getting readers to breathe “experience” into the words. To accomplish this effect, the writer must first have the experience herself. “Narrative,” he observes, “is a way to get your … Continue reading
Filed under audience, editing, essay-expository, frosh comp, narrative, scene, working method, workshopping
Those cursed teachers
This is from Mike Crognale’s essay about a memorable teacher from his second-grade school days: “There are different members of the Catholic clergy. At the top there is God, everybody knows about that subject. Next there is the pope, and … Continue reading
Filed under emotion, essay-narrative, flow, frosh comp, memoir, point of view, teaching, technique
