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HELPFUL LINKS | WORKSHOP RULES You are required to send your work to your fellow essay writing students. You are to read, edit and comment on the writing of any two of your fellow students whose work appeals to you. In that regard, the ground rules are fairly simple: Rule #1: Do no harm! Rule #2: Try to help your fellow writer! NOTE: I realize that there is a chance you may not receive any comments from your fellow students. Don't feel bad. I think, to begin with, your fellow students will probably be responding to those who send their work out relatively early in terms of due-dates and deadlines. You'll have a better chance of getting comments if you are one of the first to send out your work! Also, I'd encourage you all to wait a bit to get a better selection of student works to select from for your workshop comments. In fact, it is your job to pick an essay about which you do have something to say. If you don't feel there are comments/edits to make, pick a different essay! Finally, you can, of course, write to more than any two students telling them how to improve the writing. You'll get extra credit for any extra comments you make which should help make a case for your own higher grade at term's end! WHAT TO SAY AND WRITE Procedure for the writer: In a workshop, your fellow students provide a test to see if your writing gets the desired effect. Prepare by considering every detail, every word to be sure you “mean it.” Prepare your work as professionally as you can, with no typos or grammatical errors. Take care, take pride in your work. Please don’t introduce your work or talk about what it
means when you email it. The idea is to let other students react to the
material entirely on their own so you can see if your words mean the same
thing to them as to you. Don’t tell them what it means or try to influence
them. CLICK HERE FOR: HOW TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS
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