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One of the things you'll hear me say over and over is that writing makes you think more clearly. Another is that the more you write, the easier you will find writing. I have to remind myself of these things on a regular basis, too! Lots of things can count as writing -- things you might not really consider, because we have all been trained to consider only formal writing as "real" writing. But a friend of mine posted a link to this article today, and it reminded me to think of all writing as writing. It also had some really good tips for getting into the writing habit. Please read it, and then comment on this post with your reactions and any tips or strategies you might have. Due date is Monday, October 6, at 3:00 p.m..

Welcome to the academic blogosphere!

This blog is meant as a place for our writing group, a.k.a. HIST 201: The Practice of History. This is the main page, which is the official blog. This is where faculty and students will post announcements, feedback, ideas for class, etc. Please feel free to look around the blog. Each member of the course has his or her own workspace (please post to your own, although you may comment on each other's). Our regular goals and progress reports should all be posted to the Writing Journals page.

I'm creating a list of labels for us to use on our various posts. Feel free to add more labels as you need them, but please make sure not to create duplicate labels.  Instructions for how we'll be using the blog will follow.

I think each author's name will attach automatically to a post, so we should be able to search by author. If that isn't the case, then every person will have to label their posts with their first name.

Otherwise, labels are:

Progress Reports
To-Do lists
Weekly Goals
Rants about class
Research woes
FTW
Cool Stuff I discovered
Useful sources
Questions
I'm Lost
Using My Brain
Reflections