The line of words is a miner's pick, a woodcarver's gouge, a surgeon's probe. You wield it, and it digs a path you follow. Soon you find yourself deep in new territory . . . You make the path boldly and follow it fearfully . . . The writing has changed, in your hands, and in a twinkling, from an expression of your notions to an epistemological tool.
Writing is more than self-expression.
Most courses in the humanities and social sciences ask students to write. Wesleyan faculty seek to enhance students' opportunities to improve their writing and to provide them with greater challenges as writers. Learning at Wesleyan page. A new science writing program for undergraduates has received substantial funding from the National Science Foundation. Developed jointly by Professor Anne Greene, Director of Writing Programs, and Professor David Beveridge, Dean of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the science writing program will draw upon Wesleyan's considerable resources for instruction and research in the sciences.