Writers, hasten slowly!

The poetry in the snapshot[s] below represent... sage advice from Nicolas Boileau to writers that derived from an ancient Greek adage by way of Latin, "festina lente" (Wikipedia, Festina lente), meaning hasten slowly.

"Hasten slowly..." (Boileau, 1674, & Beaufait, 2015), ver. 1

"Hasten slowly..." (Boileau, 1674, & Beaufait, 2015), ver. 2

The snapshot[s] above comes from a presentation in preparation by Edwards, Beaufait, and Lucovich ([n.p.], [n.d.], except as otherwise noted some rights reserved). The French text comes from the Wikipedia article (Festina lente, History, ¶5, similar rights reserved).

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Essay Topics: Preferences or Proposals

Please review the topics listed on the Writing Studio Wiki. They are on a page linked to section 1.5, Major class assignments. While you're there, please also review the Mail protocol section (§10),

Then, in a comment on this post, either:

1. Express a preference for one (1) that you'd like to write about, or
2. Propose another entirely different topic.

If you would like to write about one of the topics on the wiki, please explain in your comment why you would like to write write about it.

If you would like to propose a different topic, please explain in your comment why it would be a good topic for everyone to write about.

Commenting Tips

In class today, I invited students who had completed their self-assessments to go walk-about, so to speak, among peers' and near-peers' blogs. In case you didn't join us, or you want to have another go, this post will help you retrace our footsteps.

There is a link leading to lists of blogs for other classes on the Writing Studio Wiki, in §2.3. When you visit peers' blogs, please read their posts carefully and thoroughly; then post friendly, neighborly comments.

Now here's a tip to help you follow exchanges on the posts on which you comment, and to help you keep track of your out-going comments[, too]: Activate the follow-up mail option BEFORE you post your comments!

• In the comment interface on each post, click on the subscription link:
• Subscribe by mail (in English displays), OR
• メールで登録解除 (in Japanese displays).
• Then compose, preview, and publish your comments.

Afterwards, Blogger will send follow-up messages automatically to your gmail account to let you know when blog owners reply, or other visitors post additional comments. These follow-up messages will help you return easily to on-going comment exchanges. They also will help you remember how many comments you leave on classmates' and peers' blogs, for tallies in your Proto-Portfolios.

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The Blogging Handbook

"This is a handbook for beginners and experts!"

 (WikiEducator, Blogging, ¶1, emphasis in original)

The Blogging Handbook
Looking at blogs Set up a blog Manage a blog Using a blog Getting the most out of your blog Writing effectively for a blog What's in a post? Getting to the point Telling the story Critical analysis Where to now?

Source: Create and maintain a basic weblog/Writing effectively for a blog, "available under [a] Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License" (WikiEducator, retrieved 2010.06.10).

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