Writing is hard work and it is one of the foundations of this course. For many of you, it will be a central aspect of your careers. One of the goals of this course is to help you improve your writing. Here are some resources:

Expectations of an A Paper

–The UNC Writing Center (I hate to say this) has a great collection of handouts.

–Anne Lamott on the importance of “Shitty First Drafts”

–one of the best books on writing is Strunk and White, The Elements of Style It is really cheap and everyone should have a copy of it. However an older version (written by Strunk alone) is available for free on the web.