Blog 8: Revise!

Smith is getting quite a bit more accessible lately. I would agree that more reading transfers into better writing. Most of the well known authors that I've seen interviewed talk about the large amount of reading they do. Not only does it get one used to grammar and syntax it fuels inspiration. The more ideas that a writer has going in the mix the better. I read alot and yet still spell like the average Elizabethan, I'm still waiting for the improvement that Smith says is imminent. Thank God for spell check in the mean time. One thing is certain, and this class continually impresses this idea, writing must come out first before rules are applied. Starting with all the rules first and then expecting kids to write with inspiration will not work. I know this is the way I learned in school. Endless classes (or so it seemed) on grammar, spelling, vocabulary before pen was put to paper. At that point everyone was so intimidated by the multitude of boundaries, that is was amazing anything got written at all. That's not to say that grammar is not essential, the idea is to communicate with others and there should be a common meeting ground. Read, Write, Revise.