Bad Ideas about Writing
81 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Bad Ideas about Writing is an open-access book edited by Cheryl E. Ball and Drew M. Loewe that counters major myths about writing instruction. Written for a general audience, the collection offers opinionated, research-based statements intended to spark debate and to offer a better way of teaching writing.
The podcast is unaffiliated with the editors or authors and read by Dr. Kyle Stedman from Rockford University. All donations and ad revenue support the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and the Computers and Writing Graduate Research Network.
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Episodes
A Final Reflective Episode
May 05, 2022 18:14 - 30 minutes - 70.2 MBI (@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.
63: Anyone Can Teach Writing, by Seth Kahn
April 22, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes - 13.1 MBKyle 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...
62: Anyone Can Teach an Online Writing Course, by Beth L. Hewett
April 08, 2022 21:46 - 18 minutes - 14.5 MBKyle 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 pr...
61: Face-to-Face Courses Are Superior to Online Courses, by Tiffany Bourelle and Andy Bourelle
April 01, 2022 11:00 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MBKyle 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 compositi...
60: Secondary-School English Teachers Should Only Be Taught Literature, by Elizabethada A. Wright
March 25, 2022 11:00 - 19 minutes - 15.4 MBKyle 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...
59: Dual-Enrollment Writing Classes Should Always Be Pursued, by Caroline Wilkinson
March 18, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes - 13.4 MBKyle 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 admi...
58: You're Going to Need This for College, by Andrew Hollinger
March 11, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 10.4 MBAndrew 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, thr...
57: Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants, by Phill Michael Alexander
March 04, 2022 22:07 - 14 minutes - 11.9 MBKyle 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 recen...
56: The More Digital Technology, The Better, by Genesea M. Carter & Aurora Matzke
February 25, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBKyle 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...
55: Gamification Makes Writing Fun, by Joshua Daniel
February 18, 2022 12:00 - 15 minutes - 12.2 MBKyle 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-Wariy...
54: Texting Ruins Literacy Skills, by Christopher Justice
February 11, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 15.8 MBKyle 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...
53: Texting Ruins Students' Grammar Skills, by Scott Warnock
February 04, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes - 16.8 MBKyle 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 E...
52: SAT Scores Are Useful for Placing Students in Writing Courses, by Kristen di Gennaro
January 28, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 10.9 MBKyle 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...
51: Plagiarism Detection Services Are Money Well Spent, by Stephanie Vie
January 21, 2022 12:00 - 19 minutes - 15.5 MBKyle 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 Outre...
50: Machines Can Evaluate Writing Well, by Chris M. Anson & Les Perelman
January 14, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes - 18.9 MBKyle 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 Dist...
49: Student Writing Must be Graded by the Teacher, by Christopher R. Friend
January 07, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 11.5 MBChristopher 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 en...
Interlude 2: More Episodes Soon!
December 13, 2021 21:20 - 2 minutes - 5.26 MBTRANSCRIPT (read by Kyle Stedman, with no music or effects or anything): Oh, hey, what's up, remember me? This is Kyle Stedman, host of the Bad Ideas about Writing podcast, and wow, it's been a while, right? This is a friendly in-between episode to let you know what's up. The short answer is that I've been busy and that the rest of the episodes are coming soon. I mean, you probably get it: as I record this, it's December 2021, the pandemic is still raging, and teaching this last fall felt,...
48: When Responding to Student Writing, More is Better, by Muriel Harris
August 20, 2021 20:32 - 15 minutes - 12.1 MBKyle 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 Universit...
47: Rubrics Oversimplify the Writing Process, by Crystal Sands
August 13, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes - 9.22 MBKyle 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 P...
46: Rubrics Save Time and Make Grading Criteria Visible, by Anna Leahy
August 06, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes - 11.8 MBKyle 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 bo...
45: Grading Has Always Made Writing Better, by Mitchell R. James
July 30, 2021 11:00 - 10 minutes - 8.59 MBKyle 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 Profess...
44: Plagiarism Deserves to be Punished, by Jennifer A. Mott-Smith
July 23, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes - 14.1 MBKyle 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 Eng...
43: Citing Sources is a Basic Skill Learned Early On, by Susanmarie Harrington
July 16, 2021 13:56 - 11 minutes - 8.23 MBSusanmarie 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 Susanmari...
42: The Traditional Research Paper is Best, by Alexandria Lockett
June 18, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 13.5 MBKyle 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 ...
41: Research Starts with a Thesis Statement, by Emily A. Wierszewski
June 11, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes - 11.7 MBKyle 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 ye...
40: Research Starts with Answers, by Alison C. Witte
June 04, 2021 14:04 - 14 minutes - 11.6 MBKyle 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 Suppl...
39: The Five-Paragraph Theme Teaches "Beyond the Test," by Bruce Bowles, Jr.
May 28, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes - 14.1 MBKyle 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, standardi...
38: The Five-Paragraph Essay Transmits Knowledge, by Susan Naomi Bernstein & Elizabeth Lowry
May 21, 2021 14:12 - 16 minutes - 13.2 MBKyle 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 e...
37: The Five-Paragraph Essay is Rhetorically Sound, by Quentin Vieregge
May 14, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 12.2 MBKyle 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 Vi...
36: Popular Culture is Only Useful as a Text for Criticism, by Mark D. Pepper
May 07, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 16 MBKyle 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 Engli...
35: Popular Culture is Killing Writing, by Bronwyn T. Williams
April 30, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 12.7 MBKyle 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 ...
34: Creative Writing is a Unique Category, by Cydney Alexis
April 24, 2021 12:59 - 21 minutes - 17.2 MBKyle 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 ...
33: Excellent Academic Writing Must be Serious, by Michael Theune
April 16, 2021 11:00 - 18 minutes - 14.6 MBKyle 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 Direc...
32: Logos is Synonymous with Logic, by Nancy Fox
April 02, 2021 14:43 - 11 minutes - 8.01 MBNancy 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 Eng...
31: Students Should Learn about the Logical Fallacies, by Daniel V. Bommarito
March 26, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 13 MBKyle 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 Un...
30: Formal Outlines Are Always Useful, by Kristin Milligan
March 19, 2021 20:58 - 13 minutes - 10.6 MBKyle 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...
29: Grammar Should be Taught Separately as Rules to Learn, by Muriel Harris
March 12, 2021 12:00 - 13 minutes - 11.1 MBKyle 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, literac...
28: Good Writers Must Know Grammatical Terminology, by Hannah J. Rule
March 05, 2021 12:00 - 14 minutes - 11.7 MBKyle 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 ...
27: Teaching Grammar Improves Writing, by Patricia A. Dunn
February 26, 2021 12:00 - 16 minutes - 13.1 MBKyle 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 Br...
26: The Passive Voice Should Be Avoided, by Collin Gifford Brooke
February 19, 2021 15:20 - 14 minutes - 11.2 MBKyle 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 Colli...
25: Never Use "I," by Kimberly N. Parker
February 12, 2021 15:33 - 12 minutes - 10 MBKyle 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 coll...
24: Leave Yourself Out of Your Writing, by R. Joseph Rodríguez
February 05, 2021 15:21 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBKyle 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 ac...
23: Writers Must Develop a Strong, Original Voice, by Patrick Thomas
January 29, 2021 14:54 - 13 minutes - 10.5 MBKyle 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 Th...
22: Good Writers Always Follow My Rules, by Monique Dufour & Jennifer Ahern-Dodson
January 22, 2021 15:22 - 14 minutes - 11.8 MBKyle 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, w...
21: Strunk and White Set the Standard, by Laura Lisbeth
January 15, 2021 12:00 - 12 minutes - 10.2 MBKyle 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 Rhetori...
20: The More Writing Process, The Better, by Jimmy Butts
December 25, 2020 12:00 - 16 minutes - 13.5 MBJimmy 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, re...
19: Strong Writing and Writers Don't Need Revision, by Laura Giovanelli
December 18, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes - 9.61 MBKyle 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 A...
18: Writer's Block Just Happens to People, by Geoffrey V. Carter
December 11, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 10.4 MBKyle 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 Unive...
Interlude 1: Taking a Week Off
December 04, 2020 14:56 - 2 minutes - 6.85 MBTRANSCRIPT: Hey, good morning, it's Kyle. After 17 weeks of dropping a new episode of Bad Ideas about Writing every Friday, it felt weird not to, so I wanted to pop in, say hi, and say, "See you next week." At Rockford University, where I teach, it's finals week, so there's a lot to do and not a lot of time to record and edit a full episode. Sorry/not sorry. But since I'm here, let me quickly say a couple things: 1) I'm motivated to read and release these episodes almost entirely because ...
17: Official American English is Best, by Steven Alvarez
November 27, 2020 20:56 - 16 minutes - 13 MBKyle 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: Steve...