How other people perceive us is important to most of us. As children, we seek the approval of our parents and our childhood friends and try so hard to be the best we can and not disappoint them. When we become adults and marry, this desire to please is transferred to our spouses and our children. We want to be the best wife or husband and mother or father, and in this process we often lose the vision of who…..
All of us have favorite authors, favorite genres, and favorite subjects we enjoy reading. One thing that determines or influences our tastes is the writer’s style of writing. This includes his choice of words, his sentence structures, his type of organization, his motivation or purpose, and of course, his personality which plays an important role, too.
During my many years of teaching, I taught many kinds of writing—creative writing, such as poetry and short stories; letter writing;…..