Before and After: Shaping a Personal Essay Using the 3-Step Response Method
Sheila Bender's Writing It RealPosted on by Marjorie Ford
The back and forth you’ll read this week on the development of an essay-in-progress demonstrates the power of my three-step response method for helping writers revise. Years ago, Marjorie Ford sent me an essay-in-progress that she was having trouble developing to her satisfaction for meeting an upcoming anthology submission deadline. After I received her first draft, we immersed ourselves in the three-step response, back and …Continue reading →