Few persons who have completed high school are entirely incapable of writing. But it is one thing to possess an elementary capacity for writing and another to write with skill. Learning the skill of writing—or what we might term the art of composition—requires not only practice, but careful habits of thinking. These habits, in order that they produce well-composed fruits, must be correlated with other avenues of study: with logic and rhetoric, but also philosophy, literature, history, and more. But our education has largely deprived us of that practice and these habits.
This course—the fourth in our Trivium sequence and second of our courses in the Art of Grammar—aims to restore what has been lost. Through the course of eight weeks, participants will learn: how to compose good sentences and paragraphs; the structure of an essay; the relationship between study and composition; the art of revision; certain key considerations of style; and ultimately how to craft a tightly-knit essay of 2,000–4,000 words.
This course is included without additional charge but is restricted to enrolled members only. Download the syllabus here for more details.
If you have not taken the prerequisite courses (Art of Grammar I: Foundations and Art of Logic I: Basic Argumentation), you may ask to take a qualifying test. If you would like more information before enrolling, please use our Contact Form.
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