Tag: Revision
Concision for Creative Writers
If you're looking for a way to encourage your creative writing students to be more concise, try this simple concision handout.
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Avoiding ‘Thing’ Words
I'll admit right off the bat that my major pet peeve is 'thing' words. Something. Nothing. Anything. Everything. And just plain old thing. In...
Peer Review Forms
These handouts were developed to help students provide productive and specific feedback during peer review. They support students in giving constructive criticism based on specific generic expectations, such as the strength of thesis statements, organization, and use of sources.
Five Revision Activities
Five revision activities you can use either inside or outside the classroom to show the importance and effects of revision.
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Creative Writing Feedback: On Finding Praise
There’s a lot of talk in teaching circles about feedback—how to give an appropriate amount that doesn’t overwhelm the student (or the teacher’s workload) and balances praise and constructive criticism. Finding praise is, of course, characterized by its very verb as the part where you have to strain yourself, what you include to soften the blow your critique.
Characters, Conflict, and Goals
It can be difficult to reveal connections between key elements of craft in fiction writing classes, but this activity is designed to do just that.
On What I Hope This Site Can Be
A Message from the Editor:
For those of you that know me, and no doubt today, at the start of this project, many of you...