prompt for friday 18 january

As I mentioned in class today, your prompt for Friday is to write about the concept Ballenger mentions on page 8 of Chapter One: "One belief, though, undergirds them all: the most important thing that influences a writer's growth is believing that he or she can learn to write well."

So, you will begin your post of 250-500 words with: "I believe that I can learn to write well..." and develop from there. Like our in-class writing, your blogs are meant to be fast-writing and they can certainly include some 'bad writing.' The point is to just be writing because the only way to get better at anything is to practice it. And hopefully, as you're writing this blog, you'll begin to gain confidence in the potential for learning to write well (or if you already write well, better than well).