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Title: Best thing written on the writing process...still
Review: Even though it was published in 1987 this is the best thing I have read on the writing process, hands down. It is a scholarly text, so not a quick read, but well worth it. There are some important ideas about writing here that have still not been assimilated into current 'best practice' thinking about writing even 25 years later. Whereas current en vogue schools of thought like 6 Traits and Writers Workshop focus primarily on improving traits of student writing, this book looks seriously at what it means for writing to be part of the process of improving one's ideas, why this is essential for mature writers and thinkers but rare in schools, and offers some suggestions to move students towards engaging in the writing process in this way.
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