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Peer reviewedAlley, Alvin D. – High School Journal, 1979
The author suggests that the preconscious is the true locus of significant prose because of its greater amount of freedom to gather, compare, and rearrange ideas, and that the ultimate challenge to teachers of composition is to give freedom to their students' preconscious processes. (KC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Creativity
