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Reply to "Schools simply do not teach writing any more"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Devil’s advocate: is the new technique making kids into more creative writers? If so, maybe it’s worth it? I tend to think of grammar and punctuation as the “easy” stuff whereas creativity and flow is where genius lies, and we shouldn’t tamp it down by making kids self-edit. Many writers also say that they write/type continuously and only edit later. Editors are a dime a dozen, whereas writers who can craft a compelling story and evoke feeling with their prose are much rarer. I do agree that the dumbing down of kids’ books is leading to crap writing. I posted a few days ago about HP books not being good literature and was flamed, but frankly... they’re not. [/quote] Kids today are too creative and expressive. They are taught that their thoughts and feelings are paramount. In order to break the rules in ways that are interesting and produce art you must first know them as masters like Cummings and Picasso did. [/quote]
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