There is a way in which all writing is connected. In a second language, for example, a workshop can liberate the students' use of the vocabulary they're acquiring.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writing teaches writing.
I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.
A writer is a tool of the language rather than the other way around.
People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.
I love discussing the ins and outs of the collaborative nature of writing.
Writing is a communication.
We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.
To write you have to be able to know how to put words together.
Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.