ext_147850 ([identity profile] alanajoli.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] alanajoli 2007-06-20 02:55 pm (UTC)

The best thing I learned as a writing tutor was guiding the paper/story/essay to where *it* wanted to be, not toward what the writer wanted to say. Sometimes we don't even really know where we want things to go--the story has to show us the way.

At least, it's happened to me!

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