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Murray, Donald M. – 1976
Revision--the process of seeing what you've said to discover what you have to say--is the motivating force within most established writers. Since most writers need to revise over and over, teachers should not communicate revision to students as punishment. Many students are given only one opportunity to produce a writing project, but students…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Student Motivation
Murray, Donald M. – 1978
Students who are not writing, or not writing well, may have a second chance to do so if they are able to receive the counsel of published writers to write before writing. These students should be told of the importance of prewriting. Most writers need time to wait for ideas to formulate. In this preparatory stage, writers feel four pressures that…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Prewriting, Productive Thinking