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Put One Word After Another: Neil Gaiman’s Eight Rules of Writing

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Put One Word After Another: Neil Gaiman’s Eight Rules of Writing.

What a great list of “rules” to encourage the writer in all of us!

I can say after a decade of teaching writing in the classroom, this is a far better set of writing precepts than what most students enjoy.  Push your student writers to write like professionals do — with authority, risk, and authenticity.

Published by RameyLady

I write. I design. I read and think. I teach. I talk to people -- all kinds of people. My career journey includes working as a librarian, teaching for over a decade, working in higher education, freelancing as a graphic designer and marketing consultant, and earning a doctorate (as of 2022). My dream job would cross-pollinate the skills of barista and consultant, helping individuals and organizations understand the problems they face, ask better questions, and design solutions that work in their contexts. My research interests include improving STEM education in college classrooms, Design Thinking and human-centered design, relational and collective theories of leadership, knowledge life cycles within organizations, and faculty development. Somewhere back in time, my students started calling me "RameyLady" and the name stuck.

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