Lynda Nuss Writing is a craft, but it is a craft of the mind. Writing well is a reflection that one is thinking well, that one has understood information and analyzed various points of view and supported one's own view with reasons and evidence. Literate behavior does not just involve writing readable inter-office memos and an occasional letter home.
Literate behavior is intelligence at work.
If we want students to become intelligent it is essential that we teach them enough about the writing process for them to know how intelligent minds operate. This course is an intensive workshop on style for students who are starting to get serious about making their writing work. It is based on the idea that writing is a craft, and that the only way to learn the tools of the trade is to immerse yourself in the writing process. Policy Statement Important information about the class and the workshop format. This course is taught under the Division of Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Texas at Austin .