Nothing warms my heart more.
The U. S. Senate has declared October 20th, 2009 as the first National Day on Writing.
The day is meant to:
· Celebrate the foundational place of writing in Americans’ personal, professional, and civic lives.
· Point to the importance of writing instruction and practice at every grade level, for every student and in every subject area from preschool through university.
· Emphasize the lifelong process of learning to write and composing for different audiences, purposes, and occasions.
· Recognize the scope and range of writing done by the American people and others and honor the use of the full range of media for composing.
· Encourage Americans to write and enjoy and learn from the writing of others.
I couldn’t have said it better myself and may I say, it’s about time. I hope every writer out there continues to do what they love and create beauty. Various events are being hosted throughout the country to celebrate this day. I hope you partake in the celebration today and every other day.
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Time to snark about the administration giving Fox a hard time? Or even Karl Denninger over at Marketticker.org? Writing is all well and good, unless you start using *words* to criticize people in power or challenge assumptions, apparently.
Oh yes, it’s always a two-way street. Let’s just hope that some people are putting this official day to good use.