Mark Sevi

What Is Contextual Writing? (Part 2)

What Is Contextual Writing? (Part 2)
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Context

Information Dumps   Many times the issues I see in my students’ work are a result of lack of experience obviously. They don’t trust their writing or their audience, or have the skills needed to push out content when it’s needed to be heard by an audience. Consequently, they have info dumps that create thick, […]

 Mark Sevi

What Is Contextual Writing? (Part 1)

What Is Contextual Writing? (Part 1)
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Context

Context is a small word with massive implications. Almost nothing we write, script, novel, or article, is without context. Life itself is all about context – necessary information for it to be meaningful. If I say the score of a game was 5 – 2 and a ‘blowout,’ I’d have to provide context for the […]