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How do you approach revision with your students? Is it a stage in the writing process right after drafting and just before editing? What if revision is something that happens in the mindset of the writer during the writing processnot just on the page after its done?The Writers Mindsetreframes revision not as a series of steps but as an awareness thats present through all stages of writing using mindset stances.Each chapter begins by defining one of the stancesmetacognition optimism perspective-taking flexible thinking transfer and risk-taking. Chris identifies core beliefs about the importance of each stance to writing and revision and offers suggestions on how to foster it in students. He also includes specific examples of how you can weave the stances into the minilessons and pre-writing drafting conferring and sharing activities you already do.Revision doesnt have to be radical.Apply a new lens on your writing workshop practices make subtle but seismic shifts in your teaching and help your students spark a writers mindset as they move beyond revision resistance.