I'm another STC Lone Writer refugee.
I've been in the printing and publishing industry for over 30 years (God, how I
hate to admit it). So, I've had the pleasure of watching the industry change
from hot type to direct-to-plate.
Today, I spend most of my time designing books (mostly
I have been selected to present our Read, Write, and Fun publishing program to
the California Association of Teachers of English. Their annual convention is
March 7-9, 2008 in Long Beach.
The program helps teachers design a classroom publishing operation that mimics
a newspaper or magazine
I agree. That is why this program has incentive for personal writing and story
development practice outside of the classroom environment. Students want an
answer to Why do I need to learn this ___.
The program is suitable to all grad levels, but it is best instituted in grades
3-4. The
Sue has asked why the announcement of my being selected to present a writing
program to K-12 educators has anything to do with technical writing. I'm happy
to answer her question.
Professional writers at every level should be concerned as to the long-term
view of the audience and/or
Liguistically, common language usage is one of the foundations of
society. My son's generation may be creating a new slang for text
messaging, but the communication level to the general public is lost in
translation.
I want children to be able to communicate in the world at large, not just the
STC has a top-down, and top-heavy structure that has caused it to become
prohibitively expensive for me to justify paying for another year. So, I've
done a little searching and found a few resources.
I have included the e-mail link to the techcompros.com list serve. This is one
resource.
I had a dismal week last week. We missed deadlines because of the
headaches with our DSL service interruptions. I couldn't transmit any
proofs or files over the internet. The stress level was a solid 8 to a
soft 9 on a 10 point scale.
After spending hours on the phone with tech support, first
