Many otherwise competent adults are wobbly writers, whether they're
college students or already thriving in a job. They probably
exhibit a "go get 'em" attitude for most of their lives, but find
themselves stumped by a blank computer screen or a piece of paper.
What, they wonder, do I do now? What's my next word, next sentence?
But their problems aren't solved by somebody telling them what to
do, only by someone helping them figure things out themselves. As
the adage says: give a person a fish and s/he eats that day; teach
a person to fish and s/he eats for life. They need a little help
from Bill the Goat. Bill is the mascot of the U.S. Naval Academy,
where Bruce Fleming has taught literature and writing for over
twenty years. Bill is the fellow, or at least the old goat, who's
reading what you've written. The secret to answering your question,
"What do I do now?" is seeing writing not from your own
perspective, but from Bill's. Learning to write is difficult, like
learning to act. What you feel doesn't matter, only what it looks
like to the audience. Your audience is Bill. Bill the Goat's Adult
Refresher Guide to Writing isn't a reference book, to be kept
tucked into your office bookshelf for crisis management. Even its
grammar section is different from usual grammar brush-ups. It's a
book to be read and internalized, a book to re-align the way you
conceive. It's a book for the beach, the porch, the subway, or an
armchair. It's fun to read. You're the Bill for this book, after
all. It's for students and executives, leaders and followers,
everybody who has to communicate effectively in writing. You don't
even have to hide this book behind another when you read it.
There's no shame in a refresher course from Bill. He's your buddy,
and he's here to remind you that when you make mistakes, he pays
the price. This is grammar without guilt, syntax without a sense of
sin. It's pure pragmatics. If you want Bill to get your point, you
have to keep him in mind.
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