Presented in this article is one instructor's approach to the teaching of short story writing. Emphasis in this approach is on the act of writing rather than the product, and is illustrated through specific strategies employed by the instructor for getting students to deal with dialogue and scene construction. (EB)

Presents several suggestions for improving technical writing skills from organization through revision. (MA)

Describes a successful workshop approach to teaching writing which uses elementary school students' own papers to teach ways to refine writing skills. (DD)

British students are skilled writers because they are asked to write frequently and extensively. (DD)

A business letter writing seminar was developed by the Center for Executive Development at Arizona State University at the request of the American Express Company's credit card division in Phoenix. Sessions were held on company premises and included basic correspondence and writing techniques for company production form letters, pattern…

A study involving Miami University freshmen found that those trained in sentence combining scored significantly higher on two of three factors of syntactic maturity than did those not trained in sentence combining. (DD)

Describes an approach to teaching composition skills based on a sequence of activities designed for different grade levels. (DD)

Contains suggestions for improving the quality of writing and research methodology in articles submitted to the Reading Teacher. (MKM)

Analyzes the writing the author has done since he first began to write, and traces his writing development. (DD)

Too much emphasis is placed on writing "rules" and organization, not enough on how to acquire a smooth writing style. (DD)

Summarizes research on the effects of grammar instruction, concluding that research has not indicated grammar instruction has any beneficial effects. (DD)

Draft it, revise it, edit it. Children write their way into publishing and good communication. (Editor)