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“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better .”

“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better .” – Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. How can you become a better writer? Improve your writing by applying a process and getting feedback. Use time and attention to make your writing better. PARC + Process. = Success.

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“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better .”

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  1. “My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.” – Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.

  2. How can you become a better writer? Improve your writing by applying a process and getting feedback.

  3. Use time and attention to make your writing better PARC + Process = Success http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/xla/images/ela110.gif

  4. revision reviser re-see

  5. Why Revise? • moves us away from lame first draft (because we know we can fix it)

  6. Why Revise? • moves us away from lame first draft (because we know we can fix it) • divides writing tasks across time and allows a manageable process

  7. Why Revise? • moves us away from lame first draft (because we know we can fix it) • divides writing tasks across time and allows a manageable process • more time allows for less stress

  8. Why Revise? • moves us away from lame first drafts (because we know we can fix it) • divides writing tasks across time and allows a manageable process • more time allows for less stress • more ideas + more information= understanding and distance to correct (editing)

  9. Why Revise? • moves us away from lame first draft (because we know we can fix it) • divides writing tasks across time and allows a manageable process • more time allows for less stress • more ideas + more information= understanding and distance to correct • Allows for “failure” before it matters

  10. “Success is built on a paradox: the more concerned about failing we become, the less we are able to achieve.” —nonfiction author, Rachel Simmons

  11. “Good writers don’t expect to get it right the first time; poor writers assume that they have.” – Mike Miller, Motives for Writing

  12. What your professors say: “In most kinds of courses, the student ‘product’ that most exhibits the results of critical thinking is a formal essay or technical report. Often, however, what the student submits as a finished product is in effect an early draft, the result of an undeveloped and often sterile writing process…

  13. What your professors say: “In most kinds of courses, the student ‘product’ that most exhibits the results of critical thinking is a formal essay or technical report. Often, however, what the student submits as a finished product is in effect an early draft, the result of an undeveloped and often sterile writing process. No matter how much we exhort students to write several drafts and to collaborate with peers, most of our students will continue to write their papers the night before they are due unless we structure our courses to promote writing as a process.” -- John C. Bean Engaging Ideas (2001)

  14. Recursive Improvement • (Revising to Improve) • Techniques to allow “successful failures” are used in most every discipline, • in most every professional field. • Scientific Method & Revision of theory • Product Development I-Phone • Version Control w/beta testing • Performance reviews • What do strategies to improve a product, a process, or an idea look like in your major?

  15. “Successful Failures” Calculated Risk vs. Stupid Risk

  16. Revision & Feedback In Film Industry:“Restarting a film doesn’t mean a failure.”—Ed Catmull, President Pixar Animation @ Economist Conference on Innovation

  17. Revision & Feedback In Film Industry: “going from suck to nonsuck” —Ed Catmull, Pixar co-founder and president

  18. Revision & Feedback In Film Industry: “We make successful films because we know how to fail in the process, to make the final films better, before we release them.” —Ed Catmull, President Pixar Animation • How they do it: • Participate in review process • Review in teams • Analyze this process with “Post-mortems” on 5 things would or wouldn’t do again

  19. Why Revise? • moves us away from lame first draft (because we know we can fix it) • divides writing tasks across time and allows a manageable process • more time allows for less stress • more ideas + more information= understanding and distance to correct • Allows for “failure” before it matters

  20. GFB: Get Feedback “Participation is not about just getting it right, but about thinking on your feet, taking a risk, and throwing your idea into the mix.” --Rachel Simmons, The Curse of the Good Girl

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