And other nuggets of wisdom from Larry McEnerney, Director of the University of Chicago’s Writing Program. Including:
- Nobody cares about inside of your head
- Writing is participation in the conversation of people who decide what is knowledge
- “New” doesn’t make anything valuable without value
- Writing sets up from instability (we know something but…) and cost/benefit (…the resolution will get us something of value)
- Writing is done for the particular reading community, to solve their problem, or problem they care about
- The definition of the problem and solution should be articulated in coded language, accepted in the given community
- Simplest example is to start by “wow, are you smart people, you did so much for the community, but there is this little thing that is wrong”