A Way to Improve Your Writing
A few months ago I read some sage advice in "Writing Without Teachers" by Peter Elbow.
He says "to improve your writing you don't need advice about what changes to make; you don't need theories of what is good and bad writing. You need movies of people's minds while they read your words. But you need this for a sustain period of time -- at least 2 or 3 months. And you need to get the experience of not just 2 people but at least 6 or 7. And you need to keep getting it from the same people so that they get better at transmitting their experience and you get better at hearing them. And you must writing something EVERY week...if you only learn how people perceive and experience words you are satisfied with, you are missing a crucial area of learning."
This argues for sharing one's messy first, second, and third drafts, doesn't it?
