The article I chose to write about is “You Can Learn to Write In General” by Elizabeth Wardle. The bad idea that is touched upon in this article is people are not able to write in general and that all writing is very particular. There is no such thing as writing in general because everything we write has a purpose to it. Say you were to sit down and just start writing about nothing in particular, you as the writer are going to have to pull ideas from different areas and styles of writing to make a coherent thought. Elizabeth Wardle believes that this myth that you can write in general is dangerous. She believes this because this idea is harmful to the students who are learning how to write and frustrating for the instructors because it limits the students on how they can write in different situations. The thought that writing in general is harmful because people think writing is easy until they are faced in a situation where they can not recall a writing style or are not able to write to the intended audience. I chose this piece because I do not feel like I am a particularly strong writer. My grammar at times is almost non existent, it is hard for me to formulate ideas and put them down on paper. English is the only language I speak and write and I swear the language I am speaking in my head is not the same language that gets written down. So I thought maybe this article can steer me in the write direction on how to start writing properly and think about who it is I am writing for. There are still some things that I must work on and read through again but I think this is a good step in the right direction.