In our first two days of the fourth annual Rail City Writing Workshop, Philip Baruth had our students writing and rewriting their drafts of original short stories. He used three short stories as models, as well. What impressed me was the time he took to have all students read their drafts and then to generate feedback for each other. We need to give ourselves the permission to spend large blocks of time on this activity, to engage students in reading each other's work and to have them find what works and what is missing.
Professor Baruth insisted that students find a way to break through the linear plot line as a way to uncover more layers of the character.
Philip Baruth also is one of Vermont's most popular bloggers. Find him at http://vermontdailybriefing.com/
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Writing creatively those two days was really fun for me. I would love for teachers to do more stuff like that, but I suppose there just isn't enough time.
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