Ultimately every writer must follow the path that feels most comfortable. For most people learning to write, that path is nonfiction. It enables them to write about what they know or can observe or find out. This is especially true of young people and students. They will write far more willingly about subjects that touch their own lives or that they have an aptitude for. Motivation is at the heart of writing. If nonfiction is where you do your best writing, or your best teaching of writing, don’t be buffaloed into the idea that it’s an inferior species. The only important distinction is between good writing and bad writing Good writing is good writing, whatever form it takes and whatever we call it.
—William Zinsser, On Writing Well—
Instructor:
Paul
M. Kellermann
3 Scott Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 867-4214 (home)
Phone: 865-3946 (office)
E-mail: pmk8@psu.edu
Office hours: Monday 1:30-2:30, Wednesday 11:00-12:00, Thursday 1:00-2:00, and by appointment
Class
intern: Ryan Teitman
rtt113@psu.edu
Last updated
1 September 2003
pmk8@psu,edu