First emptiness, then terror, at last one word, then a few words, a paragraph, a page, finally a draft that can be revised. The Right to Be an Authority. The writer has to write with information. Students must write on subjects on which they have abundant information or be given adequate time to collect an abundance of information before they write. The Right to Write Before Instruction.
All writing is experimental.
There is little anyone can say before an experiment begins, because no one knows how it will work out. The teacher can help the student see what works and doesn t work in a draft only after it is completed. The Right to Produce Drafts. The student should have the right to write the way the writer does, through a series of evolving drafts. The student attempts a draft, reads it to see what worked and didn t work, and then writes another draft.