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Originally posted by Vodstok
I present to you "Nuggets of insight", they are like Hershey's nuggets, but with less chocolate :)
Actually, if you read any of my stuff and have any comments, corrections, i would appreciate any feedback. if they dont need any, then I am either really good, or you are pulling my leg :)
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I don't mind offering advice. Link me to what you consider your best story, and I will read it. I try to make my students read each other's work and have them offer at least one positive comment and one negative comment. It is so hard to get them to say anything negative about a peer's writing, though. They worry about insulting the writer. I have to start each semester by saying: "Nobody in this class is so great a writer that there is absolutely nothing wrong with anything they write. When you critique a work by someone in this class, the negative comments are not meant to be insulting, but are made to help the author improve his or her work. Authors need this kind of constructive criticism, otherwise they will never get better." So, I spend a lot of time finding ways to improve my students' writing, since they absolutely refuse to do it for each other.