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  • Intro
    • Syllabus
    • Paper vs screen
    • Setting up your own blog
  • Writing
    • as rhetorical act
    • as interplay between the specifc and the general
    • as process
      • Practice with prewriting strategies
      • Getting something down
      • Thoughts on peer review
      • Revision
        • Sentence-level revision
        • Sentences to admire
  • Why writers need to read
    • Reading strategies
      • Interrogating texts
      • How to read like a writer
      • How to mark a book
    • Writing summaries
    • Responding to a text
  • Research
    • Finding and evaluating sources
    • Note-taking
    • Citing sources: how and why
    • Best practices to avoid plagiarism
    • Integrating sources
      • More on quotation
      • Some tips for integrating quotations
      • Signal phrases
  • Argument
    • Types of argument
    • Audience
    • Structure of argument
    • Thesis statements
    • Evidence

Getting something down

If you’re a writer who expects things will (or should) turn out perfectly the first time around, check out these two writers for some useful advice:

  • Anne Lamott on “Shitty First Drafts”
  •  Bruce Ballenger on “The Importance of Writing Badly”

Instructor info

Holly Pappas
Email: holly.pappas@bristolcc.edu
Office: Fall River campus, B216
Office hours: M 12:30 – 1:30  pm (in office); T 8 – 9 am (in office) and 7 – 8 pm via Zoom (click here for virtual office); W 11 am – noon (in office); and by appointment

Phone: (508)678-2811 X2244

*Major Assignments*

  • Essay 1: Memoir
  • Essay 2: Text-wrestling
  • Essay 3: Annotated Bib and Short Report
  • Essay 4: Proposal

A2W (online)

  • *Assignments for online class (flex-start)
  • Adam
  • Angela
  • Dee
  • Emma
  • Hailey
  • Henry
  • Iara
  • Isabel
  • Kel
  • Leah
  • Mal
  • Morgan
  • Noah2324
  • Samantha
  • Stephanie
  • Yenesis

BW2 (Zoom)

  • *Assignments for Zoom class*
  • Ash
  • Calvin
  • Camille
  • DR
  • Ethan
  • Haneen
  • Helena
  • Katelynn
  • Kristy
  • Kylie
  • Maddy
  • Nicole
  • Paul
  • Sam
  • Savannah
  • Savannah J
  • Tara

Resources

  • Bristol Writing Center MLA handout
  • Guide to grammar and writing
  • Purdue OWL info on MLA
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