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Teaching Revision: Final Revision Prompts of 2019

Teaching Revision: Final Revision Prompts of 2019

Continued from https://pleiadesmag.com/teaching-revision-even-more-revision-prompts/, here are some final revision prompts for 2019. Add them to the prompts here: https://pleiadesmag.com/teaching-revision-all-of-the-revision-prompts-so-far/ – I’m teaching revision...

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Teaching Revision: Even More Revision Prompts

Teaching Revision: Even More Revision Prompts

More revision prompts to add to https://pleiadesmag.com/teaching-revision-all-of-the-revision-prompts-so-far/ - I'm teaching revision again, this time for a senior thesis workshop, in which students are workshopping novels, plays, TV and webisode scripts, whatever...

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Against Page-Limits, or: Does the Length Match the Reach?

Against Page-Limits, or: Does the Length Match the Reach?

This is the latest post in our creative writing pedagogy series. If you'd like to contribute, as always you can contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.] --Matt Salesses, Web Editor - As a student I was lucky enough to largely avoid page limits on workshop...

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Partial Drafts in Workshop: Teaching Revision 18

Partial Drafts in Workshop: Teaching Revision 18

This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision/revising teaching, specifically of the latest post on process. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. - Recently I saw a question posed on...

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Recording the Writing Process: Teaching Revision 17

Recording the Writing Process: Teaching Revision 17

This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision. There are more revision prompts (not specific to flash fiction) here and in previous posts. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. - Why...

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Teaching Revision: All of the Revision Prompts So Far

Teaching Revision: All of the Revision Prompts So Far

It's the start of the semester, and I thought it would be helpful to have all of the revision prompts so far in one place. I had to put this together for my own teaching materials, so here it is. 41 revision prompts and counting! 1. Make a list of all the decisions...

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Syllabus Time

  Syllabus time--who's got them? Send them to us at m [dot] Salesses [at gmail etc] and we'll post some more if we get them. In the meantime, here's my syllabus for a fiction workshop this semester. Not perfect, but we're getting somewhere--in 19 pages... --...

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12 More Revision Prompts: Teaching Revision 14

12 More Revision Prompts: Teaching Revision 14

This is a continuation of my posts on teaching revision. The first 22 revision prompts are here. Another 7 are here. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. Research something fact-based or...

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The Craft of Intersectionality: Teaching Revision 13

The Craft of Intersectionality: Teaching Revision 13

This is a continuation of our posts on teaching revision, most recently this one. If you’d like to contribute a guest post or response, please contact me at m [dot] salesses [at gmail etc.]. About a week ago a writer friend posted something on Facebook about a student...

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