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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1833422, member: 716"] Yeah, that's a good one. Preparing multiple drafts and editing is really important. My parents made me do that in school, then I immediately got lazy and ditched the habit in college (hello, lots of B-minuses), then have needed to relearn to draft and edit in every career I've had. I'd add that learning how to do this among a bunch of peers is a good idea, but I don't know if there's a way to get that workshop experience in high school. Maybe working with the school paper? Those tend not to be taken very seriously, and the serious writers will be better than 95% of the people in the room, but it might be better than nothing. [/QUOTE]