I just read Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer and wasn’t at all surprised by the book’s rhetorical positioning. It’s become quite familiar. Basically, it assumes that the audience, having been trained in the humanities, is resistant to the idea of learning about the business or economics of writing. This resistance must be overcome […]
Category: Teaching Blogging
Creating an Audience, Creating a Self: Blogging When the Seats are Empty
I’ve published 9 blog posts and over 80 pages on this site to date. In trying to build the site, I’ve faced numerous obstacles, but one in particular has got me vexed: I don’t know my audience. Actually, I have several ideas of who they might be. But that’s part of the problem. In imagining […]
On The Difference Between Blogging and Teaching Blogging
The real world—this is a term we writing teachers like to use. We like to use real-world scenarios in our writing assignments. We say that these writing skills have real-world application. Understanding sophisticated writing theory makes us more informed actors in the real world. And a basic one I’ve been forgetting to remind students: writing […]