Hours and Hours Can Pass: Ms. Rachel Novak on the Flow of Writing

Ms. Rachel Novak is a Bard Fellow who teaches advisory,  composition, and SAT test preparation.

BardVERSE: What advice do you have for writers at Bard?

Rachel/Ms.Novak: Use a variety of sentence structures to facilitate flow.

BardVERSE: What do you find most gratifying about writing?

Rachel/Ms.Novak: When I can lose myself in my writing but also be understood, I feel gratified.  Hours and hours can pass. I can problem solve, use words in a different way, and learn. When I get into the flow of an essay, I can exhaust myself.

BardVerse: Give one tip for writing a good essay.

Rachel/Ms.Novak: Put the audience’s informational needs before your own discussion desires.