[nabs-l] Writing Experience

Fri Jul 13 06:24:01 UTC 2012

hey Deb,

  I graduated from UC-Davis in 2004 with a BA in english literature (creative writing emphasis) and philosophy. 
In all my studies I found an extremely good book on writing skills and writing in general.  It is applicable to any type of writing, technical and non-technical, and applicable to any level of writing skill and any major.
I'd recommend anyone on this list looking to improve their writing skills to read this book.  It is a very short book and you can find it on bookshare.org in daisy, audio, or braille.

To convince you some more here are a few quotes from the preface by the author:

"Books on writing tend to be windy, boring, and impractical. I intend this one to be different--short, fun, and genuinely useful.

My chief goal is to take the mystery out of how skilled writers think, so you can begin thinking like them yourself. But beyond that, I want to share some
... 

What I offer here is practical shoptalk for armchair consumption-- in effect, an informal four-hour refresher course, with the emphasis on refreshment."

Here's the name of the book and its author.  You can get it on bookshare.org

Conversations on the Art of Writing 
Second Edition

John R. Trimble
The University of Texas at Austin 

--bill 

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Hi deb,
Lots of first year grad students feel that way.  Graduate work in any field is a whole new level and each field has elements of writing that are more important etc.  Both of the schools I attended for graduate level work offered seminars and writing workshops for people who needed to hone their writing skills.  many universities have a writing center to help students.  Don't hesitate to take advantage of these resources.

If its a matter of improving your writing to get into a graduate program, you could ask other skilled writers to look at your work, like you have done so on this list already.

Btw, I would not mind looking over your essay, I just neglected to respond earlier.

Hope this helps,
Greg
On Jul 12, 2012, at 10:54 PM, Deb Mendelsohn wrote:

> Hi all
> How do I gain the necessary experience to write papers in the graduate
> level?
> I mean what am I doing wrong  I'm not a fantastic writer after 4 years of a
> undergraduate study?
> I feel like I haven't even learned anything during my 4 year college stint.
> Deb
> Deb Cell (520) 225-8244
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