jenangelcat Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I'm looking for a writing course for myself. My writing sucks and I want to go back to basics and relearn everything. Free and online would be great but a highly recommended book course could tempt me as well. Any recs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Bumping this ...... My biggest concern is this: who will be evaluating your writing exercises? It's one thing to learn grammar, and do worksheets, take quizzes and tests, etc., which you can grade yourself. But it's often difficult to critique your own writing. After all, you know what you meant to say, but you may find it difficult to recognize that another reader doesn't understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I agree with Laura that you need a reader. Even if it's your husband or your child, you need someone to at least say, "This part here doesn't make sense to me." Even writing on these boards gets you some feedback, and submitting something to the writing forum is sure to get some critique. As for a "program," I do enjoy MCT's writing program, myself. I think he'd recommend doing his grammar, too, and maybe vocab, to bring it all up to speed. They are all intertwined so that writing exercises overlap. I think you could skip level 1. Level 2 has a great vocab book that I wouldn't want to skip, but the writing is basically the idea that a paragraph has one topic & one style, so you could probably skip that. Level 3 or possibly level 4 would be where I'd start with most of it as an adult. http://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/ Just one idea, Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy B Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Check out Bravewriter by Julie Bogart. I've not been to her website in ages but I remember being tremendously impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori in MS Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 What about Writing with Skill? The teacher's book has writing examples for each exercise. Do you have a friend or relative who is a good writer. My sister is an outstanding writer. I am emailing all of my ds's papers to her to grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Nut Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Look at IEW Student Writing Intensive high school level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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