From my reading – Teaching Today March 2006
Richard Lederer in an article titled “How I Write” has this gem of a paragraph that I think is worth sharing.
“To be a writer, one must behave as writers behave. They write. And write. And write. The difference between a writer and a wannabe is that a writer is someone who can’t not write, while a wannabe says, “One of these days when…, then I’ll…” Unabel not to write, I write every day that I’m home.”
I was also thinking that changing the word write to read would be a accurate quote for reading. Reading and writing happen by doing. The question is how best to get students involved and doing the reading and writing.
