"I'm done!"
The dreaded words in a writer's workshop.
Let's talk about the journey.
Let's celebrate the growth.
Let's find the parts of the process that you took a hot air balloon ride right over.
Let's get down amongst the weeds and find the flowers and gems.
Let's maybe take a different path than what you first chose.
Let's fertilize this part.
Let's spruce this up a bit.
Let's get rid of the brambles over here.
Let's sit a while and enjoy the view from here.
Here the grass is soft and green and I can float right up to the clouds.
Let's stay a bit more.
Ahhhh!
Let's discover more.
So begins the hard work (for students and teachers who are trying to write as well). The writers who revel in the revisions are the easy sells, as for the rest of us... the journey may not be so easy. I love your description of the steps.
ReplyDeleteYes, writing is a journey. Many times I have lots of brambles to get rid of. But like you said, discovery is so important!
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