Lazyteacher

1. Writing is a haphazard, messy process.
2. Good writing usually needs concentration and focus.
3. We should evaluate writing according to its purpose and audience.
4. Good readers need to read lots and lots of good stuff–from all genres and levels.
5. Good grammar is about fulfilling the expectations of your readers rather than hewing to a correct form.
6. Writing improves exponentially when you are a part of a community of writers.
7. At a certain point in your development, imitation is good; at a later point, it’s disastrous.
8. Writing involves a balance between personal expression and the invocation of thinking and emotion in your readers.
9. It’s better to flamboyantly wrong than boringly correct.
10. Writing well is really, really, really hard.

I’ll expand this post. I’m thinking of how to convert this into a set of Keynote presentation complete with short videos.