Deep Revision: A Guide for Teachers, Students, and Other Writers
by Meredith Sue Willis
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780915924417 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
If your students groan and go limp when you Suggest they revise their writing, this is the book for you. Deep Revision covers: Revision as a natural process<BR>-- Learning to revise by editing other people's writing<BR>-- Learning to revise by using other people's comments on your writing<BR>-- Going deeper by adding<BR>-- Changing media to revise<BR>-- Using point of view and voice for revising fiction<BR>-- Revising nonfiction with the techniques of fiction<BR>-- Learning revision by revising existing works of literature<BR>-- Beginning and polishing<BR>-- Structuring the longer work. Willis gives a wealth of specific revision exercises for both fiction and nonfiction, as well as examples from her own students and from literature.
Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and index.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780915924417
- Subtitle:
- A Guide for Teachers, Students, and Other Writers
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Teachers & Writers Collaborative
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- English language
- Subject:
- Report writing
- Subject:
- Composition & Creative Writing
- Subject:
- Editing & Proofreading
- Subject:
- Editing
- Series Volume:
- no. 683
- Publication Date:
- December 1993
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 9.07x6.10x.50 in. .70 lbs.











