{"id":1748,"date":"2022-05-24T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/?post_type=chapter&p=1748"},"modified":"2023-11-30T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:08:22","slug":"why-writing-matters","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/chapter\/why-writing-matters\/","title":{"raw":"Why Writing Matters","rendered":"Why Writing Matters"},"content":{"raw":"\"Six<\/a>Writing is a journey\u2014it is seldom a straight line. Writing is thinking. It\u2019s witnessing, observing, and sharing. Writing is powerful\u2014it can change the world by communicating a new discovery or challenging someone\u2019s pre-existing beliefs, and it can also change you.\r\n

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Write here, write now.<\/h3>\r\nDeveloping your skills as a writer will make you more successful in ALL of your classes. Knowing how to think critically, organize your ideas, be concise, ask questions, perform research and back up your claims with evidence is key to almost everything you will do at university.\r\n

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Writing is life<\/h3>\r\nSolid writing skills will help you wow your family and friends with your well-articulated ideas, ace job interviews, build confidence in yourself, and feel part of a community of writers.\r\n

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Beyond University<\/h3>\r\nWhether you go on to graduate school, teach, work for the government or a non-profit, start your own business or your own heavy metal band, becoming a stronger writer will give you a solid foundation you can keep building on.\r\n\r\n \r\n
Scientist and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer writes, \u201cLanguage is our gift and our responsibility. I\u2019ve come to think of writing as an act of reciprocity with the living land. Words to remember old stories, words to tell new ones, stories that bring science and spirit back together\u201d (Kimmerer, p. 347).<\/div>\r\n

References<\/h1>\r\nKimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants<\/em> (First ed.). Milkweed Editions.\r\n
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\"Six<\/a>Writing is a journey\u2014it is seldom a straight line. Writing is thinking. It\u2019s witnessing, observing, and sharing. Writing is powerful\u2014it can change the world by communicating a new discovery or challenging someone\u2019s pre-existing beliefs, and it can also change you.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/h3>\n

Write here, write now.<\/h3>\n

Developing your skills as a writer will make you more successful in ALL of your classes. Knowing how to think critically, organize your ideas, be concise, ask questions, perform research and back up your claims with evidence is key to almost everything you will do at university.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/h3>\n

Writing is life<\/h3>\n

Solid writing skills will help you wow your family and friends with your well-articulated ideas, ace job interviews, build confidence in yourself, and feel part of a community of writers.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/h3>\n

Beyond University<\/h3>\n

Whether you go on to graduate school, teach, work for the government or a non-profit, start your own business or your own heavy metal band, becoming a stronger writer will give you a solid foundation you can keep building on.<\/p>\n

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Scientist and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer writes, \u201cLanguage is our gift and our responsibility. I\u2019ve come to think of writing as an act of reciprocity with the living land. Words to remember old stories, words to tell new ones, stories that bring science and spirit back together\u201d (Kimmerer, p. 347).<\/div>\n

References<\/h1>\n

Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants<\/em> (First ed.). Milkweed Editions.<\/p>\n

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