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Teaching Writing Quotes

Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but the world Picture Quote #1

Teaching and writing about philosophy is about the only thing I’ve ever been really good at Picture Quote #1

Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they’ve forced me to focus on the structure of ideas Picture Quote #1

As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald’s. Since then, I’ve held jobs a diverse as selling used cars, selling apparel, cosmetics, and real-estate, substitute-teaching six graders, teaching undergraduate creative writing, and working as an editorial assistant for a literary magazine Picture Quote #1

At DePauw, I was teaching writing and fiction. The things I wanted to teach, more than anything else, were form and theory of the novel, of narrative. I liked those classes Picture Quote #1

If success in selling is my primary interest, I am not primarily a writer, but a salesperson. If I teach success in selling as the writer’s primary objective, I am not teaching writing; I’m teaching, or pretending to teach, the production and marketing of a commodity Picture Quote #1

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I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family Picture Quote #1

In teaching writing, I’m learning new things about writing Picture Quote #1

I hope to continue writing. I hope to continue teaching Picture Quote #1

From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment Picture Quote #1

I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer Picture Quote #1

I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper Picture Quote #1

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I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity Picture Quote #1

Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other Picture Quote #1

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry Picture Quote #1

Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It’s academia’s version of migrant labor Picture Quote #1

Because I don’t have to be careful of people’s feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I’m teaching writing Picture Quote #1

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Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but the world. (Teaching Writing Quotes) Teaching and writing about philosophy is about the only thing I’ve ever been really good at (Teaching Writing Quotes) Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they’ve forced me to focus on the structure of ideas. (Teaching Writing Quotes) As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald’s. Since then, I’ve held jobs a diverse as selling used cars, selling apparel, cosmetics, and real-estate, substitute-teaching six graders, teaching undergraduate creative writing, and working as an editorial assistant for a literary magazine. (Teaching Writing Quotes) At DePauw, I was teaching writing and fiction. The things I wanted to teach, more than anything else, were form and theory of the novel, of narrative. I liked those classes (Teaching Writing Quotes) If success in selling is my primary interest, I am not primarily a writer, but a salesperson. If I teach success in selling as the writer’s primary objective, I am not teaching writing; I’m teaching, or pretending to teach, the production and marketing of a commodity (Teaching Writing Quotes) I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family (Teaching Writing Quotes) In teaching writing, I’m learning new things about writing (Teaching Writing Quotes) I hope to continue writing. I hope to continue teaching (Teaching Writing Quotes) From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment (Teaching Writing Quotes) I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer (Teaching Writing Quotes) I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper (Teaching Writing Quotes) I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity (Teaching Writing Quotes) Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other (Teaching Writing Quotes) Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry (Teaching Writing Quotes) Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It’s academia’s version of migrant labor (Teaching Writing Quotes) Because I don’t have to be careful of people’s feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I’m teaching writing (Teaching Writing Quotes)