Write with Purpose: An approach to creative writing

          by Elaine Forrestal

        published by Curriculum Corporation, Melbourne, 2007

 

'Just as we learn to speak by speaking, we learn to write by writing. Nothing can replace the experience, practice and sheer hard work of getting it right. But there are ways to make writing tasks more meaningful and less threatening for students. There are ideas in this book that will change the 'Arr, no, do we have to write a story?' response to 'Can we do writing now?'