Writing for the Thoughtful Reader — A Workshop on Transparent & Accessible Writing on Difficult Topics
with Allan Combs, Ph.D. (“Leslie”) Award-Winning Author AND Anne Kinne, Ph.D. experienced writing coach.
A 4 1/2 week experience in becoming an author, meeting online each week at a time of mutual convenience. Beginning with guidelines for good writing, the workshop will continue to include individual coaching by the instructors.
This will be a workshop on crossover writing for which the author takes a traditionally difficult topic and presents it in an engaging way for a broad readership. The instructors will lecture and take questions during the first two meetings, then in the following meetings discuss writing and give feedback on student writing. Student writing during the course will be encouraged and supplemented by instructor feedback.
If there is sufficient interest we will create a break-out section on academic writing, including dissertations and professional articles.
For questions please contact me at Leslie.Allan.Combs@gmail.com
Recommended books include:
Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. This is a classic, and available in many formats. Here is a PDF version. http://www.jlakes.org/ch/web/The-elements-of-style.pdf
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser. Another classic, widely available. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53343.On_Writing_Well
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, by Natalie Goldberg. A Zen-like classic on writing.
Widely available.Consciousness Explained Better: Towards an Integral Understanding of the Multifaceted Nature of Consciousness, by Allan Combs. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6827447-consciousness-explained-better
“The finest book on consciousness in modern times, bar none” (Ken Wilber).
This is my own example of good writing. It is widely available from booksellers
For those interested, I also suggest: Synchronicity: Through the Eyes of Science, Myth, and the Trickster by Allan Combs and Mark Holland. Recommended summer reading by the London Times. My first book, written before most electronic media, and so not available except as a real book. Any edition is fine, and many used copies are available.
