Answer/Quote:
“Revise? Of course. But revise to a purpose. I have learned to enjoy revising,
sometimes even more than writing the original draft, but I still don’t revise
because I enjoy doing it. (My journals, written for my eyes only, are never
revised.) I revise in order to communicate more effectively with editors,
reviewers, the librarians and classroom teachers who will share my books, the
young readers whom I want to enjoy them. I revise in short, because revising
serves a purpose that is important to me. Given such a purpose, perhaps your
student will do the same.” Pp. 134-135.
Comment: I recall a comment by James Thurber when
asked why he worked on revision so much. He said that he revised in order to
make his writing seem effortless. That’s about as good a purpose as I can think
of. RayS.
Title: “Have Students
Revise Only Their Best Writing.” Marion Dane Bauer. Journal of Reading (October
1993), 134-135.
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