I love reading fiction...not so good at writing it. However, I know that if we are going to continue to get quality writing that lasts throughout the ages, we have to make sure we are giving future writers all of the tools they need to keep us entertained when we are ninety and don't know how to use the remote anymore. Fiction is very hard to edit because you know where you want it to go, but how you get there holds so many possiblities that it takes about twenty years to get there.
Gilmore gives some really good strategies on how to revise and one thing that I will do in my classrooms that I never got to do in my English classes in high school is have my students write some creative pieces. I think this helps kids get stuff off of their minds and helps them learn to express what they are feeling. I will definately keep this book in my personal library to use when I am a teacher, whether it is English or government.
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