Bad Ideas about Writing

I (@kstedman) finished reading Bad Ideas about Writing. What's left to say?

A lot, apparently. This final reflective episode is not found in the book; instead, it records some of the genesis of this podcast project, some details about how I made it, lots of random thoughts about scholarly audiobooks, and fewer thanks than I should have included. It's not required listening; think of it as the director's commentary.

The transcript is available in this Google Doc.

Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Anyone Can Teach Writing," by Seth Kahn. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: academic labor, adjunct, contingent, non-tenure-track faculty, writing program administration/administrators, writing studies

Seth Kahn is an English professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He researches and writes about academic labor, especially adjunct labor equity. He also serves on the board of the New Faculty Majority Foundation and has co-chaired labor/contingent faculty committees in several professional organizations. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Anyone Can Teach an Online Writing Course," by Beth L. Hewett. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: online learning, online writing instruction, OWI, reading online, reading to learn, writing feedback, writing online, writing process

Beth L. Hewett is an expert in online literacy instruction, the founding president of the Global Society for Online Literacy Educators, and the owner of Defend and Publish, an adult writing-coaching business. She is the author of numerous books, articles, and book chapters regarding writing in a digital era. Her most recent books include Teaching Writing in the Twenty-First Century and Administering Writing Programs in the Twenty-First Century, both from MLA Press. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Face-to-Face Courses Are Superior to Online Courses" by Tiffany Bourelle and Andy Bourelle (@AndrewBourelle). It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: asynchronous methods, face-to-face instruction (f2f), MOOCs, multimodal composition, online writing instruction (OWI), synchronous methods

Tiffany Bourelle is an associate professor of English at the University of New Mexico, where she teaches classes in online and multimodal pedagogies and administers eComp, the department's first-year online writing program. She is the coauthor of the books Teaching Writing in the 21st Century and Administering Writing Programs in the 21st Century, as well as co-editor of the anthology Women's Professional Lives in Rhetoric and Composition: Choice, Chance, and Serendipity. Her scholarly articles have been published in Computers and Composition, Kairos, Technical Communication Quarterly, WPA: Writing Program Administration, and other journals and anthologies. (2022 bio)

Andrew Bourelle is an associate professor of English at the University of New Mexico, where he teaches classes in composition, creative writing, professional and technical writing, and rhetoric. He is the author of the novels 48 Hours to Kill and Heavy Metal. His scholarly articles have appeared in Communication Design Quarterly, Composition Forum, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Journal of Teaching Writing, and other publications. (2022 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Secondary-School English Teachers Should Only Be Taught Literature" by Elizabethada A. Wright. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: secondary English education programs, rhetoric, AP Central, writing pedagogy, first-year writing

Professor at University of Minnesota Duluth, Elizabethada A. Wright teaches in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies and is a member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ Literacy and Rhetorical Studies Program. She is co-editor and contributor to Catholic Women’s Rhetoric in the United States: Ethos, the Patriarchy, and Feminist Resistance. She has published in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, College English Association Critic, Studies in the Literary Imagination, as well as in a number of other journals and books. (2022 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Dual-Enrollment Writing Classes Should Always Be Pursued" by Caroline Wilkinson (@wilkicg). It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: college-level writing, composition/rhetoric, dual enrollment, writing studies, writing-program administration

Caroline Wilkinson is an associate professor of English at New Jersey City University. She writes about dual-enrollment writing courses and the relationship between high schools and colleges. She also writes about the portrayals of what college-level writing might mean. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Andrew Hollinger (@ashollinger) reads his chapter "You're Going to Need This for College." (Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.) It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) produces the show and will be back as narrator next week.

Chapter keywords: FYC/first-year composition, high school to college transition, threshold concepts, writing pedagogy

Andrew Hollinger is coordinator of First Year Writing at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is a recipient of the University of Texas System’s Regents Outstanding Teaching Award. His work focuses on first year writing and curriculum, WPA work and definitions, as well as materiality, publics and circulation, and genre. In addition to his teaching, scholarship, and published work, he is interested in maker rhetorics and is a practicing bookbinder and linocut artist. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants" by Phill Michael Alexander. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). 

Keywords: digital literacy, digital native, technoliteracy, tech savvy, prosumer

Phill Alexander is an assistant professor in the Games Program at Miami University and serves as the co-director of their varsity esports program. His most recent book, Esports for Dummies, is available now. His research deals with race, communication, collaboration and identity formation in digital spaces, particularly video games. More about Phill can be found at phillalexander.com. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "The More Digital Technology, The Better," by Genesea M. Carter (@GeneseaC) and Aurora Matzke. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: cognition, digital literacy, digital writing, multimodal writing, technostress

Genesea M. Carter is associate director of composition and assistant professor of writing, rhetoric, and digital literacy at Colorado State University and co-editor of Class in the Composition Classroom: Pedagogy and the Working Class. Aurora Matzke is senior associate provost at Azusa Pacific University. As members of the iGeneration who teach and have taught at laptop-heavy campuses, they enjoy researching and teaching how to use technology in the classroom effectively and mindfully. Because of the importance placed on technology in society and on their campuses (and their love for their iPhones), they have first-hand experience with how technology can interfere with daily life and learning. As such, Genesea and Aurora are always looking for ways to get some tech-balance in their classrooms and after hours. Follow Genesea on Twitter @GeneseaC or visit her website at geneseacarter.com. (2022 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Oh, and sorry for the lousy audio quality this week. I had to record on campus because of a busy schedule, and after I found the quietest room I could, I recorded with a winter coat draped over the mic and my head—but hey-oh, that didn't help so much. Sorry.

Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Gamification Makes Writing Fun," by Joshua Daniel (@FoxyJoshyD). It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: avatar, design, gamification, gaming, ludic, play, procedural rhetoric

Joshua Daniel (previously published under Daniel-Wariya) is an assistant professor of rhetoric and professional writing at Oklahoma State University, where he also serves as associate director of First-Year Composition. His research interests involve the intersections of new media, computer games, and play, especially as they relate to the teaching of writing. He has published research about the ways people interpret and express both themselves and the world through the act of playing. He can be reached—and welcomes questions about his work—through his Twitter handle @FoxyJoshyD. (Slightly adjusted 2017 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Texting Ruins Literacy Skills," by Christopher Justice. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: colloquial language, digital literacy, digital rhetoric, linguistics, nonstandard language, orthography, standard language, texting

Dr. Christopher Justice is a writer, professor, independent scholar, and conservationist working in the Baltimore metropolitan region, where he has also taught at various local universities including Loyola University, Stevenson University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and University of Baltimore. His scholarship focuses on writing theory and non-traditional writing systems such as texting and different forms of animal communication. His writing has appeared in numerous publications and presses. For more information about his work, please visit http://christopherjustice.weebly.com. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Texting Ruins Students' Grammar Skills," by Scott Warnock. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: computers and composition, correctness, digital writing, error, grammar, linguistics, texting

Dr. Scott Warnock is a Professor of English and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts & Sciences at Drexel University. In his 18 years at Drexel, he has taught courses in various modalities and contexts, including onsite, hybrid, and online and ranging from first-year writing to the senior literature seminar to a graduate course. In 2020, he won Drexel’s Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. Dr. Warnock is the author or co-author of five books and numerous chapters and journal articles about online writing instruction, computers and composition, and educational technology. He served as President of the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators from 2018 to 2020 and Co-Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication Committee for Effective Practices in Online Writing Instruction from 2011 to 2016. He has maintained the blog Online Writing Teacher since 2005. (2022 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "SAT Scores Are Useful for Placing Students in Writing Courses," by Kristen di Gennaro. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: criterion-referenced tests, norm-referenced tests, placement testing, SAT, test use and misuse, validity, writing assessment

Kristen di Gennaro is an associate professor of English and the director of composition at Pace University's main campus in New York City, where she teaches undergraduate courses in composition and linguistics. She has published on a variety of topics including writing assessment and pedagogy, microaggressions, and catcalls versus compliments. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Plagiarism Detection Services Are Money Well Spent," by Stephanie Vie (@digirhet). It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: Blackboard, Creative Commons, plagiarism, SafeAssign, Turnitin

Stephanie Vie is Associate Dean of the Outreach College and Professor of English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is the co-editor of Social Writing/Social Media: Publics, Presentations, and Pedagogies, and her scholarship has been published in numerous journals like Computers and Composition, Technical Communication Quarterly, Kairos, and First Monday. She is the 2016 recipient of the Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field and the 2018 winner of the 7C Committee Technology Innovator Award. She tweets at @digirhet. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Machines Can Evaluate Writing Well," by Chris M. Anson and Les Perelman. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: essay grading, high-stakes writing tests, machine scoring, standardized tests, writing assessment

Chris Anson is Distinguished University Professor and director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University, where he works with faculty across the curriculum to improve the way that writing is integrated into all disciplines. For almost four decades, he has studied, taught, and written about writing and learning to write, especially at the high school and college levels. He is past chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication and past president of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. He has studied and written about writing and computer technology and is a strong advocate of increased attention to digital modes of communication in instruction, but his research does not support the use of computers to score the evaluation of high-stakes writing tests. (2017 bio)

Les Perelman recently retired as director of Writing Across the Curriculum in the department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has also served as an associate dean in the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education. He is currently a research affiliate at MIT. He is a member of the executive committee of the Conference on College Composition and Communication and co-chairs that organization’s Committee on Assessment. Under a grant from Microsoft, Dr. Perelman developed an online evaluation system for writing that allows student access to readings and time to plan, draft, and revise essays for a variety of assessment contexts. Perelman has become a well-known critic of certain standardized writing tests and especially the use of computers to evaluate writing. (2017 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Christopher R. Friend (@chris_friend) reads his chapter "Student Writing Must be Graded by the Teacher." (Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.) It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) produces the show and will be back as narrator next week.

Chapter keywords: open peer review, peer review, rhetoric and civic engagement, student writing self-assessment, writing community engagement

Chris Friend has been teaching writing classes since 2000, from middle schoolers to collegiate seniors, teens to septuagenarians, in-person, online, and everything in-between. He also teaches faculty to use critical pedagogy in digital spaces and advocates for extreme student agency. As assistant professor of English in new media at Kean University, Chris helps students engage their communities through a variety of digital projects. As director of Hybrid Pedagogy, Chris works with authors and editors in a double-open peer-review process that he believes brings out the best in authors and writing alike. He tweets about these and other topics from @chris_friend. (2021 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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(And yes, you heard Kyle say at the end that it's the end of the first week of class. That's how long ago he recorded that introduction. Oh well! Getting back on schedule feels good!)

Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "When Responding to Student Writing, More is Better," by Muriel Harris. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: evaluation, feedback, grading, response, writing center

Muriel Harris, professor emerita of English at Purdue University, initiated and directed the Purdue Writing Lab where she learned a great deal from students she met in hundreds of tutorials, including which strategies for grammatical rules might work and which needed to be tossed out. Working with graduate student tutors, she initiated a website with instructional handouts on writing, the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab). Most of her professional writing has focused on writing centers and individualized instruction in writing. She authored Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference, co-authored two textbooks on writing, and is Editor-in-Chief of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship. However, she and her husband consider their finest accomplishment in life to be their children and grandchildren. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Rubrics Oversimplify the Writing Process," by Crystal Sands (@CrystalDSands). It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: critical thinking, faculty course loads, rubrics, self-evaluation, writing assessment

Crystal Sands earned her Ph.D. in rhetoric from Texas Woman’s University in 2005. She has nearly 20 years of experience teaching writing at the college level. Having worked in the field as a full-time adjunct, a writing program director, and a director of an award-winning online writing lab, Sands has a wide variety of experiences working with students, teaching, and assessing writing. She is now an adjunct writing instructor at Walden University and Southern New Hampshire University, a full-time mom, and a hobby farmer with her husband, Ron. Her twitter handle is @CrystalDSands. (2017 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Rubrics Save Time and Make Grading Criteria Visible," by Anna Leahy (@AMLeahy). It's the chapter she wrote in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: assessment, formative feedback, revision, rubric, summative feedback

Anna Leahy is the author of the nonfiction book Tumor and the poetry collections Aperture and Constituents of Matter. Her essays and poetry have appeared at The Atlantic, Crab Orchard Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, The Southern Review, The Pinch, and elsewhere, and her essays have won top awards from the Los Angeles Review, Ninth Letter, and Dogwood. She is the editor of Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom and What We Talk about When We Talk about Creative Writing and has contributed to a variety of other books and journals about teaching. She directs the MFA in Creative Writing program at Chapman University, where she edits the international Tab Journal and curates the Tabula Poetica reading series. See more at www.amleahy.com. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Grading Has Always Made Writing Better," by Mitchell R. James (@mrjames5527). It's the chapter she wrote in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: assessment, formative assessment, grading, grading alternatives, summative assessment

Mitchell R. James is a Professor of Composition and Literature at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, OH and is the Managing Editor at Great Lakes Review. You can find Mitch’s latest fiction at Flash Fiction Magazine and Scissors and Spackle, poetry at Peauxdunque Review and Southern Florida Poetry Journal, and scholarship at Journal of Creative Writing Studies. Find more of his work at mitchjamesauthor.com, and follow him on Twitter @mrjames5527 and Facebook @perhupsous. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Plagiarism Deserves to be Punished," by Jennifer A. Mott-Smith. It's the chapter she wrote in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: borrowing, citation, patchwriting, plagiarism, referencing, source use, textual

Jennifer A. Mott-Smith, associate professor of English, has been teaching college writing for over twenty years, so she knows firsthand how scary and confusing students may find plagiarism to be. Working mostly with multilingual writers, she has had the benefit of exposure to other traditions of source use and textual construction. As a scholar, she has been researching plagiarism since 2009. Her book, Teaching Effective Source Use: Classroom Approaches That Work, co-written with Zuzana Tomaš and Ilka Kostka, is being published by University of Michigan Press in 2017. (2017 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Susanmarie Harrington reads the bad idea "Citing Sources is a Basic Skill Learned Early On." It's the chapter she wrote in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe); the podcast is produced by Kyle Stedman (@kstedman). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: citation, plagiarism, researched writing, working with sources, writing development

Susanmarie Harrington is professor of English and director of Writing in the Disciplines at the University of Vermont. She has taught researched writing for over twenty years, teaching at all levels from first-year students to graduate students. She has collaborated with faculty across the disciplines in workshops and teaching, and she has taught in both urban and rural institutions. Most recently, she has worked with librarians, faculty in the disciplines, and the writing center to promote attention to department-based learning outcomes for students. She has co-edited and co-authored many different types of publications, working with quantitative and qualitative methods. Her variety of writing experiences and working relationships with faculty in many departments inspired her interest in citation and research development. (2017 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "The Traditional Research Paper is Best," by Alexandria Lockett (@MzJaneNova). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: big data, Boolean logic, data deluge, traditional research paper, web 2.0

Dr. Alexandria L. Lockett is an Assistant Professor of English at Spelman College. She is lead author of Race, Rhetoric, and Research Methods (WAC Clearinghouse, April 2021) and co-editor of  Learning From the Lived Experiences of Graduate Student Writers (Utah State University Press, May 2020). She also publishes about the technological politics of race, surveillance, and access in articles that appeared in Composition Studies, Enculturation, and Praxis, as well as chapters featured in Wikipedia @ 20: An Incomplete Revolution (MIT Press), Humans at Work in the Digital Age (Routledge), Out in the Center (Utah State University Press), and Black Perspectives on Writing Program Administration: From the Margins to the Center (SWR Press). An extended biography is available via her portfolio at: www.alexandrialockett.com. (2021 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Research Starts with a Thesis Statement," by Emily A. Wierszewski (@ewazoo23). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: discovery, process, research, thesis, thesis-first research model

Emily Wierszewski has been teaching writing for over ten years, most recently at Seton Hill University outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Her graduate work focused on nonfiction writing, including the study of what makes writing persuasive, as well as how people learn to read and write. As a professor, she’s very interested in how her college students understand and have used the research process before coming to her class, including how their preconceptions about the purpose and process of research impact their attitudes toward and proficiency with college-level inquiry. She recently wrote a book chapter about how comics can help students more effectively engage with research in the writing classroom. Her Twitter handle is @ewazoo23. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Research Starts with Answers," by Alison C. Witte (@acwitte82). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: argument, claim-based writing, classical argument, data-driven writing, research paper, research writing, rhetoric

Alison Witte is the Supplemental Instruction Coordinator at the University of Dayton. She has taught research writing to college students for more than 10 years in courses on research writing, research methods, technical writing, and advanced composition, and she has co-developed curriculum for teaching research writing to international graduate students. Her research interests include student research practices, digital pedagogy, digital pedagogy preparation, and non-classroom writing. Her twitter handle is @acwitte82. (2021 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "The Five-Paragraph Theme Teaches 'Beyond the Test'" by Bruce Bowles, Jr. It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: assessment washback, curriculum, five-paragraph theme, interrater reliability, localized assessment, portfolio assessment, standardized testing, validity

Bruce Bowles Jr. is an Assistant Professor of English and the Director of the University Writing Center at Texas A&M University-Central Texas. His research interests focus on how we evaluate and make judgments across multiple contexts, including writing assessment, writing center administration, and political and public discourse. His work has been published in Composition Studies; Journal of Response to Writing; enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture; WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship; and Intraspection: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, and Style. (2020 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "The Five-Paragraph Essay Transmits Knowledge" by Susan Naomi Bernstein and Elizabeth Lowry. It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: academic writing, banking model of education, five-paragraph essay, problem posing, transition to postsecondary education

Susan Naomi Bernstein is an adjunct assistant professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York, and a former co-coordinator of the Stretch Writing Program at Arizona State University–Tempe. Her publications include “Occupy Basic Writing: Pedagogy in the Wake of Austerity” in Nancy Welch and Tony Scott’s collection Composition in the Age of Austerity; "An Unconventional Education: A Letter to Basic Writing Practicum Students” in Journal of Basic Writing 37.1; and "Theory in Practice: Halloween Write-In" co-authored with Ian James, William F. Martin, and Meghan Kelsey in BWe: Basic Writing e-Journal 16.1. She has published four editions of Teaching Developmental Writing with Bedford/St. Martin's and wrote the Bedford Bits blog, Beyond the Basics, from 2011-2019. (2020 bio)

Elizabeth Lowry received her Ph.D. in rhetoric and composition from Arizona State University, where she now holds a lecturer position in rhetoric and composition. Her research interests include public spheres, material culture, and 19th-century women’s rhetorics. Her work has been published in Rhetoric Review, Word and Text, and in edited collections. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "The Five-Paragraph Essay is Rhetorically Sound" by Quentin Vieregge (@Vieregge). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: basic writing, current-traditional rhetoric, discursive writing, five-paragraph essay (or theme), prescriptivism

Quentin Vieregge is an associate professor of English at UW-Eau Claire--Barron County. He teaches writing, literature, and film classes. He has co-authored two books: Agency in the Age of Peer Production and The United States Constitution in Film: Part of Our National Culture.  And he has published more generally in the fields of rhetoric & composition and popular culture studies. (2020 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Popular Culture is Only Useful as a Text for Criticism" by Mark D. Pepper (@MarkDPepper). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: affect, cultural studies, fandom, popular culture, taste studies

Mark D. Pepper is an associate professor of English at Utah Valley University where he teaches courses in composition, technical writing, popular culture, and graphic novels. Much of his research deals with how people use and talk about popular culture in their daily lives to create both personal identity and social belonging. His dissertation looked at how the popularity of texts is created and spread in a digital age of blogs, wikis, and social media. His own pop culture fandom started with comic books as a kid and carries on to a Netflix queue full of television series with far too many seasons to ever reasonably catch up on. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Popular Culture is Killing Writing," by Bronwyn T. Williams (@bronwyntw). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Also, oops: I thought using a different mic in a different place would sound "good enough." After recording, I realized too late that that's not true. Sorry for the worse-than-usual quality.

Keywords: fan communities, genre, participatory culture, popular culture, remix

Bronwyn T. Williams is a professor of English and director of the University Writing Center at the University of Louisville. He has taught writing and studied the connections between popular culture and students’ writing and reading practices, both in the U.S. and abroad, for more than 25 years. He is the author of a number of books on the teaching of writing, popular culture, and student identity. Twitter: @bronwyntw. Website: bronwyntwilliams.com. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Creative Writing is a Unique Category," by Cydney Alexis (@CydneyAlexis). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: composition and rhetoric, creative writing, creativity, genre, reading, workplace writing

Cydney Alexis is an associate professor of English at Kansas State University, where she teaches courses in composition pedagogy, digital rhetoric, the material culture of writing, literacy studies, professional writing, and writing center theory and practice. Her alma mater is the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she was assistant director of both the first-year writing and Writing Fellows programs. Her research primarily focuses on the material culture of writing—those material goods, rituals, and practices that support writers in their trade. She is interested in tracing how writers’ adult practices are impacted by their early writing environments. You can find her on Instagram @materiallives and @writinglandscapes and on Twitter at @cydneyalexis. (2020 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Excellent Academic Writing Must be Serious," by Michael Theune. It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: academic writing, comedy, composition, humor, writing

Michael Theune is the Robert Harrington Professor of English and Writing Program Director at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. (2020 bio)

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Nancy Fox reads her chapter exploring the bad idea "Logos is Synonymous with Logic." It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title. Produced as always by Kyle Stedman (@kstedman).

Keywords: logic, logos, persuasive discourse, philosophy, rhetoric, rhetorical theory

Nancy Fox is a faculty member in the English Department at the University of West Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in English Language and Rhetoric from the University of Washington, Seattle, and her dissertation is entitled American Athena: A Feminist Sophistic Analysis of the Discourses of Women Servicemembers. She is the recipient of the Andrew R. Hillen Foundation Fellowship. Dr. Fox has published poetry, essays, and a children’s book, as well as work in feminist studies, multimedia, and writing. Her subjects have ranged from analysis of the film The Kids Are All Right and Andy Warhol’s Dream America to a new discovery in the Mouse’s Tale in Alice in Wonderland. She lives on the Gulf Coast with her spouse and two children. (2021 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Students Should Learn about the Logical Fallacies" by Daniel V. Bommarito (@d_bomm). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: argument, invention, logic, reasoning, rhetoric

Daniel V. Bommarito is an associate professor at Bowling Green State University, where he directs the doctoral program in Rhetoric and Writing Studies. His research explores composition theory and pedagogy at undergraduate and graduate levels from sociocultural and social cognitive perspectives. (2020 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Formal Outlines Are Always Useful" by Kristin Milligan. It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: outlines, post draft outlining, reverse outlining, writing as a process, writing process

Kristin Milligan is currently the associate director of the Learning Center at East Central College. In her more than six years of experience as a writing center tutor, Kristin has seen all kinds of outlines, messy and neat, informal and formal, and she has observed the effects of writing process choices on student texts. Kristin holds a Master’s degree from Texas State University in San Marcos, TX, and a teaching degree from Webster University in St. Louis, MO. She embraces multiple modes of brainstorming and organization as a way to reach diverse writers. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Grammar Should be Taught Separately as Rules to Learn" by Muriel Harris (https://cla.purdue.edu/directory/profiles/muriel-mickey-harris.html). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: COIK, grammar, grammatical correctness, language arts, literacy, rules of grammar, teaching grammar

Muriel Harris, professor emerita of English at Purdue University, initiated and directed the Purdue Writing Lab where she learned a great deal from students she met in hundreds of tutorials, including which strategies for grammatical rules might work and which needed to be tossed out. Working with graduate student tutors, she initiated a website with instructional handouts on writing, the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab). Most of her professional writing has focused on writing centers and individualized instruction in writing. She authored Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference, co-authored two textbooks on writing, and is Editor-in-Chief of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship.  However, she and her husband consider their finest accomplishment in life to be their children and grandchildren. (2020 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Good Writers Must Know Grammatical Terminology" by Hannah J. Rule (https://www.hannahjrule.com/). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: grammar instruction, grammar, pedagogical grammar, rhetorical grammar, writing instruction

Hannah J. Rule is Associate Professor of Composition and Rhetoric in the Department of English at the University of South Carolina. Her teaching and research focuses on the teaching of writing in postsecondary contexts, composition theory, and disciplinary histories. She is the author of Situating Writing Processes (2019), a new take on the trajectories of the process paradigm in composition studies. Her scholarship also appears in College Composition and Communication, Composition Studies, Composition Forum, as well as edited collections including Best of the Journals in Rhetoric & Composition 2018. (2020 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Teaching Grammar Improves Writing" by Patricia A. Dunn (@PatriciaDunn1). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: authentic writing, English language, grammar, rhetoric, usage

Patricia A. Dunn (@PatriciaDunn1) is professor of English at Stony Brook University in New York, where she teaches current and future English teachers and writing instructors. She has taught writing in a high school, a two-year college, a private university, and several large state universities. She has presented on topics related to the teaching of writing at numerous national conferences, and she has published several books, articles, and blogs on the teaching of writing, including a 2011 book (co-written with Ken Lindblom), which is a rhetorical analysis of published grammar rants. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "The Passive Voice Should Be Avoided" by Collin Gifford Brooke (https://thecollege.syr.edu/people/faculty/brooke-collin-gifford/). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: active voice, cohesion, grammar, mechanics, passive voice, sentences

Collin Gifford Brooke is an associate professor in the writing program at Syracuse University. He studies the impact of contemporary technology on writing and language. He has taught college level writing for nearly 25 years. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Never Use 'I'" by Kimberly N. Parker (@drkimpossible). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: emerging writers, first-person point of view, writing assumptions, writing instruction, writing voice

Kimberly N. Parker teaches high school and college preparatory courses in the Cambridge Public Schools (Massachusetts). Her research interests include English language arts with culturally responsive pedagogy and the teaching and study of African American literature. She is an adjunct instructor at Tufts University and president of the New England Association of Teachers of English. Catch her virtually @drkimpossible. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Leave Yourself Out of Your Writing" by R. Joseph Rodríguez (@escribescribe). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

R. Joseph Rodríguez is a literacy educator and researcher in the Texas Hill Country. He is the author of Enacting Adolescent Literacies across Communities: Latino/a Scribes and Their Rites (Lexington Books, 2017), Teaching Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive Young Adult Literature: Critical Perspectives and Conversations (Routledge, 2019), and several academic articles and book chapters. Joseph has taught English and Spanish language arts in public schools, community  colleges, and universities across the country. His areas of research include children’s and young  adult literatures, language acquisition, and socially responsible biliteracies. Currently, Joseph is a teacher educator at St. Edward’s University in the Division of  Graduate and Professional Studies in Austin, Texas. He is coeditor of English Journal, a  publication of the National Council of Teachers of English. In addition, Joseph serves as a  consultant in secondary public schools. Joseph enjoys cooking, hiking, kayaking, storytelling, and traveling with the love of his  life and their cantankerous canine, Maxwell. Contact Joseph via Twitter @escribescribe. (2021 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Writers Must Develop a Strong, Original Voice" by Patrick Thomas (@patrickwthomas). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Chapter keywords: audience, authenticity, intertextuality, origins of writing, reading as meaning-making, speech, voice

Patrick Thomas is an associate professor of English at the University of Dayton, in Dayton, Ohio, where he teaches courses in composition theory, literacy studies, and professional writing. His is interested in how people write outside of school, new theories of what writing is, and digital culture. His Twitter handle is @patrickwthomas. (2017 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Good Writers Always Follow My Rules" by Monique Dufour (https://moniquedufour.com/) and Jennifer Ahern-Dodson (@jaherndodson). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Chapter keywords: good/effective writing, prescriptive writing, style, writer’s block, writing process

Monique Dufour is an assistant collegiate professor in the history department at Virginia Tech, where she is also director of graduate student professional development in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. She offers retreats, workshops and consultations for faculty and graduate students about their writing and their teaching, and about how to balance them both. Currently, she is writing a book, Teaching with TIME in Mind: Why It's Hard, Why You Should, and How You Can. To contact her, visit moniquedufour.com. (2021 bio)

Jennifer Ahern-Dodson teaches writing, student activism, and women's leadership at Duke University. She also directs the Faculty Write Program and consults with faculty across disciplines on ways to teach and assess writing and make connections between their own writing practices and their teaching. In her research, she studies structures in which writers work and the conditions under which they thrive or struggle, and has been working with student, community, and faculty writers for more than 20 years. She is @jaherndodson on Twitter. (2021 bio)

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Strunk and White Set the Standard" by Laura Lisabeth (@lauralhny). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Chapter keywords: grammar, literacies, Standard English, style, writing handbook

Laura Lisabeth is a Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University (SUNY). Her current research is the racial/political/cultural history of The Elements of Style and other such popular cultural influences on our ideas about English language usage. She is also interested in how anti-racist ways of thinking about academic writing provide counternarratives to Strunk and White style and look toward a more equitable language culture. Her book manuscript is titled Our White National Discourse: The Elements of Style and Twentieth-Century American Literacies. (2020 update to 2017 bio published in the book)

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Jimmy Butts (@jimmy_butts) reads his chapter "The More Writing Process, The Better." (Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.) It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) produces the show and will be back as narrator next week (I MEAN NEXT YEAR, WUUUT.)

Chapter keywords: getting things done, post-process, process, recursivity, revision

Jimmy Butts teaches writing and the teaching of writing to impressive, young humans. He likes to get them doing wonderfully weird things with words. He immensely enjoys finishing a draft. You can find him on Twitter @jimmy_butts or at http://theyellowrobot.com/. (2017 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Strong Writing and Writers Don't Need Revision" by Laura Giovanelli (@LauraGiovanelli). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Chapter keywords: ideal reader, revision strategies, revision, writing about writing, writing as process

Laura Giovanelli is Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Learning Spaces at Wake Forest University. Before she earned her MFA in fiction as a journalist writing for daily newspapers. Her personal essays, including one on pushing through writer’s block and writing as a writing teacher, have appeared in The Washington Post. According to her Google Doc revision history, she revised this article 19 times. You can follow her on Twitter @lauragiovanelli.

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Writer's Block Just Happens to People" by Geoffrey V. Carter. It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Chapter keywords: blank pages, play of names, puns, writer’s block

Geoffrey V. Carter is an associate professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University, where he teaches undergraduate courses in composition. His areas of interest include writer's block, video culture, and the history of pinball. His work has appeared in journals like PRE/TEXT, Kairos, Computers and Composition, and Enculturation. He has also published chapters in Bad Ideas About Writing (2017) and Rhetorical Speculations (2019). (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Official American English is Best" by Steven Alvarez (@chastitellez). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Chapter keywords: English-only myths, immigrant communities, literacy, national language, Official English, plurilingual writing

2017 bio: Steven Alvarez is a writing researcher of English at St. John’s University. He has studied literacy and bilingual learning among Mexican immigrant communities across the country for over a decade. Follow him on Twitter @chastitellez and Instagram @stevenpaulalvarez.

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

All ad revenue will be split between the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and the Computers and Writing Graduate Research Network.