I appreciate the insights today about revising and how it is not so much a way of making it better, but making it different. When redirecting students in their music-making in my choir, I applaud their mistakes. I tell them to make their mistakes big enough so I can hear them. I'm not applauding mediocrity, but am trying to show them that in making mistakes they really are not mistakes at all, but an opportunity to learn. (I have Dr. Brown, my wind ensemble director to thank for giving me the, "make mistakes so loud that I can hear them," mantra.) I want students to see or find a way to start doing or looking at things differently from that point on.
(Ha, ha! I love ending a sentence with a preposition! Thanks for the freedom, Don!)
As far as my revising goes for my personal narrative, I'm still in the blabbing on and on in my writing stage. I have not found a good framework or picture frame to place the information in yet. I'm hoping some ideas may surface soon.
I like the connection here to your music instruction, Megan.
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