Writing What You Know and Whom You’ve Known
Keywords
essay, college students, teaching
Abstract
When I teach the essay to new college students, I usually put the kibosh on three subjects right away—the Big Disease, the Big Game, and the Big Break-Up. One reason for this blanket prohibition is as simple as it is selfish: I don’t want to read bad writing about tired subjects; and there are few subjects more exercised in the essays of new college students than dying family members, fleeting athletic glory, and the pains of first love.
Original Publication Citation
“Writing What You Know and Whom You’ve Known,” New Ohio Review 22 (Fall 2017). 145-149.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Franklin, Joey, "Writing What You Know and Whom You’ve Known" (2017). Faculty Publications. 6732.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6732
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
New Ohio Review
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
English
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