{"id":1000,"date":"2014-03-13T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2014-03-13T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T05:00:16","slug":"old-writing-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/03\/13\/old-writing-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Old writing revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

My 12th grade English teacher had us build a writing portfolio of our life’s work up through high school. I told her mine was going to be digital, and that I was going to write it all up as a web page.<\/p>\n

I very distinctly remember her telling me that that was a horrible idea. Years later when others still had theirs, I’d wish I still had mine.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why this came back to me. Maybe as I’ve been writing, I’ve been thinking a lot about if I’ve improved or not. I read a lot of writing at work, and I challenge that folks can be good writers without editing, writing, and improving in a vicious loop.<\/p>\n

And so, with Mrs. H’s voice in my head, I went out to find my old writing portfolio, and it was incredibly easy to do so. It’s sitting exactly where it did 11 years ago when I turned it in.<\/p>\n

And you can find it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My 12th grade English teacher had us build a writing portfolio of our life’s work up through high school. I told her mine was going to be digital, and that I was going to write it all up as a web page. I very distinctly remember her telling me that that was a horrible idea. 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