Monday, June 14, 2004

Peter Elbow's Five Essential Affirmations

1. Everyone has a strong, unique voice.
2. Everyone is born with creative genius.
3. Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level.
4. The teaching of craft can be done without damage to a writer's original voice or artistic self-esteem.
5. A writer is someone who writes.

Welcome To The Garden

It wouldn't be fair of me to ask my students to blog and not do the same myself, so here it is! My plan for this page is to not only provide a place to share some of my philosophies on writing but to also write about things that may or may not be directly related to class and provide links to places where I think students may find useful information. I hope you enjoy this side of my brain. I hope to make the Garden of Adonis a place of value and interest.