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Welcome to the Writing Subcommittee Site

Your first stop for all writing matters at CSUEB, because writing matters! 

“Write even when the world is chaotic.”
― Cory Doctorow

“Most of my own progress in learning to write has come from my gradually learning to listen more carefully to what I haven't yet managed to get into words — and respecting the idea that I know more than I can say.”
― Peter Elbow

“A word after a word after a word is power.”
― Margaret Atwood

“When I went to Peru, I climbed Huayna Picchu, the taller of the two peaks you see when you see Machu Picchu. It’s an easy climb for anyone who is okay, you know. I mean, even if you’re not in very good shape. But I managed to hurt my knee hiking. I kept saying, this is high enough, this is high enough, why don’t I go back down? I got all the way to the top, crawled through the little cave and got to the top of the mountain and came back down. That’s what I mean. It’s a good metaphor for writing, because there will always come a time in writing … when you don’t think you can do it. Or, you think it’s so bad you want to throw it away. I tell the students that there comes a time when you want to either burn it or flush it. But if you keep going, you know, that’s what makes you a writer instead of an ‘I wish I was a writer.’”

― Octavia Butler

 

Navigating the Writing@CSUEB Website

Writing@CSUEB is a work in progress and includes five main sections.

• The ABOUT page provides an overview of the website and information about the Writing Subcommittee. 
• The WRITING AT EAST BAY page includes an overview of required writing courses, information on submitting curricular proposals for writing courses, and contact information for writing instruction experts on campus.
• The PRINCIPLES & POLICY page provides statements about writing pedagogy, writing across the curriculum, and writing in the discipline. You can also find CSU system and 糖心Vlogy writing instruction policies on this page.
• The TEACHING MATERIALS page contains sample syllabi, low- and high-stakes writing assignments, and scaffolded major writing project sequences.
• The OTHER RESOURCES page has more general writing-instruction links and guidance for faculty who teach writing or use writing to teach.