"You may have started with a clear idea of what your project was going to be. You may have had no..."

“You may have started with a clear idea of what your project was going to be. You may have had no idea and were just winging it as you went. One of my absolute favourite parts of the writing process is revision. In writing, you get do-overs!

 

Write down three things—ideas, characters, themes, scenes, anything—that you now feel must be in your story, that are at the very heart of the tale you want to tell. As you keep going, keep this list in mind to help you “say what you mean and mean what you say.””

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Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is the author of 8th Grade Superzero, and the forthcoming Two Naomis with Audrey Vernick. She loves working with schools, libraries, and community organizations as a teaching artist and lifelong learner.

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