If you or your students dread the process of revision, this book will prove transformative. Deep Revision covers topics such as revision as a natural process, learning to revise by editing other people's writing, changing media to revise, and revising nonfiction with fiction techniques. Meredith Sue Willis offers a wide array of specific revision exercises for fiction and nonfiction, and numerous examples of student writing are provided.
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This review is from: Deep Revision: A Guide for Teachers, Students, and Other Writers (Paperback)
Mary Sue Willis wrote this book about her experiences in teaching elementary school students to keep going after a first draft. I use it in college classes, where the problem is the same: students write the first thing that comes to their mind, but stop there. Willis presents almost 200 different exercises that engage the mind and make writing fun. For example, reverse revision is a process by which students try to make their writing worse and worse. By observing what obscures meaning and weakens sentences, they can then see what would work to make writing BETTER. Other techniques, such as meditation, going deeper by adding details, changing media, and changing point of view, are useful for writers at any level of expertise. The charming examples of writing and rewriting from Willis's students make this book delightful for classroom use.
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Since the book and the one review of it mentioned that the book would be useful in classroom situations, I purchased the book thinking that I could use some of the exercises in the college composition classes that I teach. The book, however, was a real letdown! I haven't been able to use any of the ideas at all. Most of the exercises were geared towards creative writers or elementary school students. If you belong to or are interested in one of these two groups, then this book might be useful; if, however, you want to use it to revise expository writing, I would not recommend it.
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Crazy wonderful ideas for writers,
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This review is from: Deep Revision: A Guide for Teachers, Students, and Other Writers (Paperback)
Mary Sue Willis wrote this book about her experiences in teaching elementary school students to keep going after a first draft. I use it in college expository writing classes, where the problem is the same: students write the first thing that comes to their mind and stop. Willis presents almost 200 different exercises that engage the mind and make writing fun. For example, reverse revision is a process by which students try to make their writing worse and worse. By observing what obscures meaning and weakens sentences, they can then see what would work to make writing BETTER.Other techniques, such as meditation, going deeper by adding details, changing media, and changing point of view, are useful for writers at any level of expertise. The charming examples of writing and rewriting from Willis's students make this book delightful for classroom use.
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New York, New Jersey, Expository Writing Tutorial, Chris Schorr, Rose's Dollhouse Goodies, School of Continuing Education, Meredith Sue Willis, Emily Klinker, Sports Park, Tom Douglass New!
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New York, New Jersey, Expository Writing Tutorial, Chris Schorr, Rose's Dollhouse Goodies, School of Continuing Education, Meredith Sue Willis, Emily Klinker, Sports Park, Tom Douglass New!
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- Personal Fiction Writing: A Guide to Writing from Real Life for Teachers, Students & Writers by Meredith Sue Willis on 4 pages
- Beyond the Blue Mountains by Jane Wilson Joyce on page 137, and Back Matter
- What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays on page 96, and Back Matter
- Writing Fiction (6th Edition) by Janet Burroway on page 127, and Back Matter
- Zen Flesh Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings by Paul Reps on page 135, and Back Matter
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- The English Teacher's Companion, Second Edition: Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession by Jim Burke in Back Matter
- Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and in the Community by Jack Collom on page 244
- Personal Fiction Writing: A Guide to Writing from Real Life for Teachers, Students & Writers by Meredith Sue Willis in Back Matter
- Nearness of You: Students & Teachers Writing On-Line by Christopher Edgar in Front Matter
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