« Remembering the Old Ivey Farm while the Corporate Farm Supersizes | Main | See My Son's New Blog~The Kid Blog »

May 23, 2005

Peter Elbow's Right for the Modern Age

In an ancient age before ink and paper, or even before Guttenburg, pre-writing was done in the head, perhaps after long discussions with key conversants.

Today we write a lot, and we write paperlessly. The change fits the new medium, allowing (as some of my professorial colleagues put it) for mental laziness. I disagree.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm glad to see someone like Mr. Healy using the process writing approaches of Elbow. Elbow's method is not the only approach, of course. But it is perfect for approaching writing as flow rather than solid.

Posted by wjbailes at May 23, 2005 02:15 PM

Trackback Pings

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://chattablogs.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/21206

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Peter Elbow's Right for the Modern Age:

Comments

Post a comment










Remember personal info?