Source: Naming What We Know Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies, Concept 3, Writing Enacts and Creates Identity, by Tony Scott

3.0 WRITING ENACTS AND CREATES IDENTITIES AND IDEOLOGIES

In this week’s reading I could relate to Tony Scott attributing writing challenges to issues with community engagement. I taught proposal writing to executive directors and development professionals for several years; and I found that the writing challenges participants labored over were never tied to literacy or education. The disconnect almost always stemmed from the writer’s limited knowledge of the philanthropic community.