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Tag Archives: Play
Playing with Revision
The more I revise and the more I help new writers learn to revise, the more I’m convinced that good revision, like any good writing, is essentially play. Robin Marantz Henig’s recent article in the New York Times , “Taking Play Seriously,” looks at recent scientific studies that ask, What is play’s role in the evolution of species? Of course there are many theories, but here is one from Patrick Bateson, a biologist … Continue reading
Posted in Revision, The Writing Process
Tagged Patrick Bateson, Play, Robin Marantz Henig
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