title: Writing In Stages: Getting back to the basics
author: Samarra St. Hilaire
description: Samarra St. Hilaire is an Occupational Therapist with over 10 years experience in providing School Based Occupational Therapy Services in New York City and Florida. She has worked with children with various diagnoses while collaborating with teaching staff and fellow therapist. Samarra has a passion for working with children as she believes that every child has potential. She also enjoys working creating equipment to meet the individual needs of her students.
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  DEDICATION
  
   _To Jo,_  
   _who guides and steadies me_
  
  EPIGRAPH
  
   _Every question that can be answered must be_  
   _answered or at least engaged._  
   _Illogical thought processes must be_  
   _challenged when they arise._  
   _Wrong answers must be corrected._  
   _Correct answers must be affirmed._
  
  —From the Erudite faction manifesto
  
  CONTENTS
  
  Dedication
  
  Epigraph
  
  Chapter One
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  Chapter Nine
  
  Chapter Ten
  
  Chapter Eleven
  
  Chapter Twelve
  
  Chapter Thirteen
  
  Chapter Fourteen
  
  Chapter Fifteen
  
  Chapter Sixteen
  
  Chapter Seventeen
  
  Chapter Eighteen
  
  Chapter Nineteen
  
  Chapter Twenty
  
  Chapter Twenty-One
  
  Chapter Twenty-Two
  
  Chapter Twenty-Three
  
  Chapter Twenty-Four
  
  Chapter Twenty-Five
  
  Chapter Twenty-Six
  
  Chapter Twenty-Seven
  
  Chapter Twenty-Eight
  
  Chapter Twenty-Nine
  
  Chapter Thirty
  
  Chapter Thirty-One
  
  Chapter Thirty-Two
  
  Chapter Thirty-Three
  
  Chapter Thirty-Four
  
  Cha