Posts Tagged ‘project’
Vague Readymade Phrases
Posted by: dkoupf on: August 9, 2011
When I’m trying to make sense, trying to connect my ideas to each other, I invariably gravitate toward two lame phrases: speaks to and points to. As in, “The concept of customization speaks to rhetorical awareness, too (like in customizing one’s resume for a specific potential employer).” Taken straight from my notes. These phrases are [...]
Me and My (Academic) Writing Process
Posted by: dkoupf on: August 6, 2011
I am the worst writer ever. I have always been a good writer. I study writing. I teach writing. I get paid to write (and read and teach). Writing is so hard. Sometimes I never want to write again. Academic writing makes me nervous. I dread it, put it off at all costs, then force [...]
Swimming
Posted by: dkoupf on: July 25, 2011
Here I am, in the middle of my project, just a little overwhelmed by papers and books and articles and notes and drafts and questions and worries and deadlines… and invention, arrangement, originality, compilation, composition, reuse, recycling, literacy, collaboration, distribution, creativity, and authorship and… I tried to remember the chorus I can’t remember the verse… [...]
My Scraps
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