Everything can be seen as narrative.
Philosophy and Nonsense      
(Thoughts about writing, education, and experience.)                                    Presented by Forrest D. Poston

The first goal of teaching is to strengthen, deepen and refine our intrinsic love of learning. All other goals and all methods must stem from that idea. Any that do not support that goal must at least be questioned and adjusted, if not eliminated. Otherwise, we are not teaching but training.
Think, I dare you.

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 Our part of the narrative matters.

Quick Points About Writing

1. Fiction and untrue are not synonymous.

2.  Non-fiction and true are not synonymous.

3.  History and truth are not synonymous.

4.  Narrative and fiction are not synonymous.

5.  Personal and unimportant are not synonymous.

6.  Personal perspective and social perspective are not antithetical.

7.  Plot and meaning are not synonymous.

8.  True and interesting are not synonymous.

9.  You can never tell the whole story.



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Writing and Education

Autobiography Challenge


Considering Conclusions


Considering Introductions


Four Meanings of Life


Godot and the Great Pumpkin


A Major is More Minor Than
You Think


The Poetry Process (A look at 4 versions of a poem.)


Thoughts About Picking a Major


Quick Points About Education


Quick Points About Writing


Reading Poetry and Cloud Watching


Revising Revision


Reviving Experience


Reviving Symbolism


Using an Audience


Videos


What Makes a Story True?


What's the Subject of This Class? (Being revised.)


Why Write?


Writing and Einstein (The Difference Between Information and Meaning)


Writing and the Goldilocks Dilemma


Links to Other Sites


Other Essays and Poetry
Something Somewhat Vaguely Like a Resume
Alec Kirby, Memories of an Earnest Imp
 Being Like Children
Beyond the Genes (Dad)
The Blessing and the Blues
Bookin' Down Brown Street
The Cat With a Bucket List
David and the Revelation
The Dawn, the Dark, and the Horse I Didn't Ride In On (an odd, meandering, semi-romantic story)
Getting a Clue
Ghost Dancer in the Twilight Zone
The Hair Connection and the Nature of Choices
I Believe in Capra

 The Mug, the Magic, and the Mistake

Roto, Rooter and the Drainy Day
Sadie on the Bridge
Trumpet Player, USDA Approved
Videos
Poetry

Selected Poems
The Poetry Process
Links to Other Sites