A Writerly Life: Words of Wisdom from Michael Smith and Jeffrey Wilhelm
Preserve the writers of tomorrow by guiding with the tools of today. -Erin Weaver (2017 Grammar Matters Participant)
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I cannot agree with this quote more. It is so critical that students feel confident in their work, whether it need improvements or not. So many teachers in my high school years marked everything that I did wrong and never pointed out what I did right. This turned me into a writer who only wanted to please the teacher instead of myself and it has taken many years to change that perspective of myself as a writer.