Editors | Tutors |
Focus on the text | Focus on the writer’s development and win the writer’s trust |
Take ownership of the text | Make sure the writer takes ownership |
Proofread | Start with higher-order concerns and worry about correctness last |
Give advice | Ask questions |
Read silently | Ask the writer to read aloud |
Look mainly for things to improve | Comment on things that are working well |
Work with an ideal text | Trust the writer’s idea of a text |
Make corrections on the page | Keep hands off and let writers make corrections; help them learn correctness |
Tell writers what to do | Ask them their plans for revision |