Category: Multimodal

During the revision process conversation was sparked around grammar, mostly comma splices. I want the youth who are learning to read to understand that commas are kind of a style choice though I don’t want the speakers reading the books to be so bogged down by the marked breath of commas to not find their own cadence and flow when reading the book. Maria’s [The Orange Couch editor for Issue 4] comments pieced together some long withstanding grammatical errors that I have purposely ruined to a standard that is actually legible.

What really wowed me was how [the Writing Center tutor’s] comments didn’t try to offer suggestions or point out problems. She tried to describe how things affected her as a reader and why—what aspects of the writing and the structure resulted in those effects. This took my literacy narrative and the feedback I’d received on it firmly out of “working on this draft” into “understanding and evolving as a writer” territory. This was a major creative risk, a big undertaking, something that I felt resonated with the core of my writer identity and was a big step toward really having my own writerly voice.

“I have always thought that the Writing Center is a wonderful resource for writers to share their work. There are so many peers and advisors who are eager to read, revise, and encourage fellow writers.”