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Jun 5, 20224 min read
Pointing the Finger at the Mirror
Some common words of wisdom are that language can only have an impact on you if you allow it to, but that's not always true. The way that...
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Apr 14, 20225 min read
A Breakdown of Advice: Scholarship Application Essays
Today, I will be following through on a suggestion that I was sent following my previous post. As a quick backstory, their children all...
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Apr 7, 20225 min read
Isolation by Accident: Addressing How We Use Language
It's easy to say that we don't need to understand the way a person identifies, that it's better just to accept it. Abiding by that...
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Feb 10, 20224 min read
The Tools of Our Gatekeepers
Purposeful Prose began with an examination of older methods by which writing and writing education has been studied. Some of the...
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Dec 30, 20214 min read
Why We Made Language Complicated
The reason for overcomplication and undercomplication of language has several easily dismissible reasons, some having to do with...
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Dec 23, 20214 min read
"It is a story that promises to get better." - Part 1
As of now, there is no single clear definition that encompasses what writer's block is because every writer faces different sets of...
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Oct 21, 20215 min read
Shaped by Expectation - Part 4
"Good" writers are not made. They must choose to make themselves, to practice, to learn, and to develop their skills using the most...
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Oct 7, 20215 min read
Style Guides: The Pros and the Cons
Those who write professionally, whether they are a student or in a career that focuses on writing, usually abide by some kind of style...
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Sep 2, 20216 min read
Shaped by Expectation - Part 1
In academic settings, students are often expected to find the best possible way to produce fact and analysis of fact without knowing the...
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Apr 1, 20215 min read
Reinventing Writing: Is Assertiveness Always the Answer?
In my last post, "Are We Limitless," I described post-process theory according to Thomas Kent and some of the methods by which...
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