EdD in K-12 Educational Leadership

A SAMPLER OF WRITING ADVICE
EdD in K-12 Educational Leadership
February 10, 2018

George Orwell
i. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
ii. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
iii. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
iv. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
v. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
vi. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

Orwell, G. (1946). Politics and the English language. Horizon, 13(76), 252–265.

Winston Churchill
The man who cannot say what he has to say in good English cannot have very much to say that is worth listening to.

Manchester, W. (1984). The last lion. New York: Bantam. [Quote from 1932]

From:

Mike Rose
Many of the stories people tell in everyday life have a moral to them, a point to make. Here’s the basic plotline: “If you act this way, do something this foolish or this brave or this considerate, then this is what’s going to happen.” I think a story in the writing we produce likewise has to do something. It needs to contain or build toward a claim or an argument of some kind. We are basically saying to the reader: Look, I’m telling you this story because I want to illustrate a point, or shine a new light on something, or reveal layers and tensions where we thought none existed. No matter how moving a story might be, it has work to do.

Rose, M. (2013, April). On writing. Inside Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/ 2013/04/05/making-our-writing-matter-essay.

Anne Lamott
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something — anything — down on paper.

Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly.

You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander.

Lamott, A. (1995). Bird by bird: Some instructions on writing and life. New York, NY: Anchor.

Mark Twain
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

Bainton, G. (1890). The art of authorship: Literary reminiscences, methods of work, and advice to young beginners, personally contributed by leading authors of the day. New York, NY: Appleton & Company.

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EdD in K-12 Educational Leadership: A SAMPLER OF WRITING ADVICE

10th of February, 2018

Orwell, George

i. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

ii. Never use a long word where a short one will do.

iii. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

iv. Never use the passive where you can use the active.

v. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

vi. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

Orwell, G. (1946). Politics and the English language. Horizon, 13(76), 252–265.

Winston Churchill

The man who cannot say what he