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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Larry McEnerney, Director of Chicago's Writing program\
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Rule-based writing is for repeatable, lower-value writing.\
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There is writing that shows that you understand, and there is writing for thinking.\
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Expert writers and expert writing have a different set of problems. Writing about a subject about which you have expert knowledge. At the frontiers of knowledge.\
Expert writers think about the world in difficult terms.\
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"Unlike a journalist, you are using your writing process to help yourself think."\
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Stop thinking about these words:\
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