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Students are frequently unwilling to rewrite, because rewriting suggests to them that what they wrote the first time is wrong, and they don't like that feeling. But it's not that, it's just that writing is a process and you are cleaning up the language.
It's not that you're changing it: you're doing it better, hitting a higher note or a deeper tone... See more
It's not that you're changing it: you're doing it better, hitting a higher note or a deeper tone... See more
In Her Own Words: Toni Morrison on Writing, Editing, and Teaching
“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”
― James Baldwin
This liberatory model operates through a collaborative and decolonized ethos that fundamentally rejects individualistic tenets of meritocracy:
- From Individual Recognition to Collective Authorship : Rejecting the "cult of the lone genius" in favor of crediting mentors, ancestors, and co-creators, following Indigenous and Black feminist traditions of
Big Magic, Big Lies
i don’t know who needs to hear this but you are worthy of respect even if you are mediocre. your writing will find a home, no matter how you feel about the sentence structure. your thoughts are important, even if they come out ineloquent. not every piece you create will be life altering; every artist, no matter how brilliant, has a skip in the
... See moreJust to be clear
I don’t want to get out
without a broken heart.
I intend to leave this life
so shattered
there better be a thousand separate heavens
for all of my separate parts
And none of those parts are going to be wearing the romance from the overpriced vintage rack
That is to say I am not going to get a single speed bike if I can’t make it up the... See more
I don’t want to get out
without a broken heart.
I intend to leave this life
so shattered
there better be a thousand separate heavens
for all of my separate parts
And none of those parts are going to be wearing the romance from the overpriced vintage rack
That is to say I am not going to get a single speed bike if I can’t make it up the... See more
