Dix

The first thing I noticed about this article was on page 1 when Stephanie Dix states, "it helps the writer reflect and clarify his or her thinking with the goal of improving the writing."

The idea of looking at writing as a piece that will gradually be improved was very freeing for me. I tend to look at writing a very black and white manner and often don't write because I'm not sure how to make the final product RIGHT.

Of course this new perspective will translate into my classroom teaching practices as well. I should have responded to this article quite some time ago but I am glad that I didn't only because revisiting it helped me to see what changes have occurred in my thinking since that first day in July.