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I sat down today with a very tired person, with deep leg pain because he can't usually rest while out begging.
Gently, we went over the logic of a resume and I asked about life details so that we could come up with the best way to craft his.
At first it was hard, because he'd lost the habit of telling the story of his life more than a day at a time.
But that *light* when he read the polished words back, and marvelled at his life on the page!
10/10, would recommend this experience to anyone.
@MLClark I love this. I had similar experiences when working with my middle school struggling writers. Sometimes it took sitting them down next to me and having them dictate their work, and discussing where to go and how to do it as well.
Plus...in special ed we have access to a LOT of graphic organizers. It's amazing how helpful those can be even to non-struggling writers. It's not just webs (which I personally don't like), it's a number of other things.
Hmm. I may have a SFWA Blog idea.