Re: what's a paragraph; was: Active versus passive (WAS Displays vers us Appears-Which One?)

Subject: Re: what's a paragraph; was: Active versus passive (WAS Displays vers us Appears-Which One?)
From: "Herman Holtz" <h -dot- holtz -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 11:05:44 -0500

> > > the use of "Free writes" is much more productive
> > in getting students
> > > comfortable with and competent at the toolkit of
> > wordsmithing than
> > > emphasizing strict
> > topic-sentence/paragraphing/outlining as the only
> > way to
> > > make sense in words

Helpful although it is to learn grammatical discipline, the great
writers do not follow rules slavishly: they are usually innovators, whose
literary styles compel them to bend the rules. Of course, the argument ca be
and will be made that one must be an expert before he or she is qualified to
bend the rules. My argument is that we must have a care in helping
tomorrow's great writers develop by moderating our strictest ideas and
recognizing that the development of style may be at odds with the strict
conformance to accepted rules.
This is not Latin; it is a LIVING language. Let us not urge it to an early
death by denying it all opportunity to grow. - Herm







.



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