from Connie:

For those of your eager to improve both your grades and your writing, know that if you rewrite an assignment and it’s better the second time around (which I’m sure it will be), you’ll get the higher grade.

Also, any of you who want to meet with me for a short conference, either before or after class, to discuss ways to improve a paper, I’m happy to do that; just shoot me an email and we can arrange a time.

Finally, I can’t stress too strongly the importance of reading the essay on good writing by Bill Zinsser. It’s brilliant and it will help make anyone a better and clearer writer.