Re: Revision: Who Else Hates It?

[ENGL-DMC@nich-nsunet.nich.edu]

On Tue, 11 Jul 1995 08:10:52 -0500, EBOQUET@fair1.fairfield.edu wrote:

>Hmmm...For me, talk is the thing.  I'm much better at talking out ideas 
>than I
>am at writing them out, and I think I'm pretty good at helping others to 
>talk
>out their ideas.  
>So, I guess that's how I was drawn to this kind of work--because I hate to
>write alone and I desperately needed people to talk to.

Beth,

Sound like you and I have similar feelings about composing. I'm very oral. I 
like fleshing ideas out orally in groups. Brainstorming has always seemed 
like a collaborative exercise to me. Thats why I emphasize collaborative 
group exercises in my composition classes, and oral brainstorming in my wc 
consultations. 

But revising is hard for me, too. I think my perfectionist issues get in the 
way. I know intellectually that no draft is perfect. Yet examining my work 
for that imperfection, even in order to improve the writing, makes my 
perfectionist within cringe. Needing to revise implies that I'm not perfect, 
and not being perfect is hard for this overachieving hero to face.

deany

Deany M. Cheramie
engl-dmc@nich-nsunet.nich.edu
Nicholls State University
Dept. of English
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Thibodaux, LA 70310

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