Writing: Going Forward

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As I wait to leave for the airport, taking advantage of the free WiFi in the hotel lobby, I’m going to spend about 15 minutes trying to gather my general thoughts on the AWP conference. This will be an unedited rough draft, so here goes (I will write in more detail about some of the …

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From Outside Pressure to Internal Motivation

As I’ve been moving and updating some posts from my old Everyday Intensity blog over here, I was happy to run across this one about  “How to Hack the Psychology of Student Motivation,” by StudyHacks blogger Cal Newport. In response to Alfie Kohn’s work on rewards, motivation, and learning, Newport argues that students (and others) …

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August Reboot

What leads to a sudden lack of confidence? What we call writer’s block is often the result of a crisis in confidence. We begin to overthink our writing (and ourselves). We are too cautious about how our words might be received. We doubt that what we have to say is meaningful to anyone else. We …

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