Celebrating The Art Of Writing

Wednesday - October 21, 2009 For those of you who receive your MidWeek on Monday, I write this column to tell you that the day after tomorrow is - by proclamation of the National Council of Teachers of English - The National Day on Writing. For those of you who receive your MidWeek on Tuesday, prepare to think about writing tomorrow. But if you receive your MidWeek, as our publication’s name indicates, on Wednesday: Voila! Today is the day to celebrate writing. Sharpen your pencils, find a pen with ink in it, rev up your word processor and write. Write a letter: to your mom on the continent, to your lover away at college, to your city councilman with whom you have a beef, to the columnist you find most annoying (one of those other guys or gals, of course. Not me. Oh no, never me. Who could possibly be annoyed by me?). Or grow... [read full story]                    

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