Writers and Writing

Learning about the purposes of writing centers and the activities of writing center tutor has helped me better understand what it means to develop the writer, not necessarily the writing although improved writing should be manifested when the writer learns more about him/herself as a writer and about the writing process. I’ve pick up some phrases that seem to be resounding in the articles we have been reading and in the chapters we read for today: tutors understand the choices writers make and help them understand the ramifications of their choices; tutors reflect on their choices; tutors identify points of need, adapt to individual students, and employ flexibility; tutors talk about learning, about writing. I’m beginning to see how important initiating talking about all this is. One practice I want to establish in my composition classroom is to initiate meaningful talk about learning, writing, and writers.