We have to stop making the revision process into a separate step. Often revision is happening as we write. It is a fluid activity, revision and drafting blending as we stop, erase, and restart the writing process. No wonder why students do not want to participate in the institutionalized revision process advocated by colleges: it is more work. And like Cris Tovani says, "students know how to play the game" of school and if they see that something the teacher suggests will be more work, they will not want to participate. They will reject the notion even though they are in fact revising always when they are writing.
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