Monday, October 20, the National Council of Teachers of English celebrated all forms of written expression with its sixth National Day on Writing.
Whether you think of yourself as “a writer” or not, good communication skills give you an edge in life. I hope the prompt below will work to encourage anyone reading this to pick up a writing instrument and craft a story opening, record a memory, jot down something that makes you happy, or describe the face of someone you love.
Happy writing–today and every day!
Photos from Polytech’s Wall of Writers, a display of writing by students from Ms. Sheldon’s and Dr. Papineau’s adult education classes.
Ramona DeFelice Long 
It’s a shame that writing seems to have fallen by the wayside for our children. I am lucky my daughter majored in creative writing in college; it has stood her in good stead for her various jobs since then!
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Noelle, one of the emphases yesterday was that good writing is important whether or not you become “a writer.” I hope the students got the message!
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The university I graduated from requires every discipline to have writing intensive classes. A prof told me that once the policy was instituted, the math department embraced it enthusiastically and was using it successfully. I can’t remember when it began, but it was over twenty years ago.
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Excellent, Kathy!
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It seems like everybody’s writing! I hope we have a national reading day as well.
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Ramona, many thanks for your workshop that you shared today at POLYTECH Adult Education in Woodside, Delaware. I heard positive comments from staff and students! Also, thank you for your post here of the prompt we all used to begin our day of writing. I look forward to your return to our program. You are a true gem!
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Judy, it was my pleasure to speak at the POLYTECH school. The students were great–very generous with their thoughts and participation. I could not have asked for a better audience.
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