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How Did You Do That? The Secrets of Strong Writers

By: Dean Smith
Publication: The Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 2
Date: Spring 2000

Summary: Smith searches for some of the commonalities of strong writing among his students: a clear focus, developed ideas, sentence variety, voice, and few mechanical errors that get in the way of comprehension.

 

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