Good advice

I do not nor­mal­ly quote let­ters from my young read­ers, but this one offered such good advice I feel oblig­ed to share it:

“Dear Avi,

In my class, we fin­ished a unit where we revised our writ­ing. We took some­thing we already wrote and tried to make it bet­ter. I tried to make my writ­ing bet­ter by using tran­si­tion words in my writ­ing. I also tried to make my writ­ing bet­ter by using cap­i­tal let­ters. The last thing I tried to make my writ­ing bet­ter with was using peri­ods. I think that peri­ods have improved my work by mak­ing the read­er know when to stop. I also think that cap­i­tal let­ter improved my work by let­ting the read­er know when to con­tin­ue. I also think that tran­si­tion words have improved my work by mak­ing the words flow togeth­er. I think I have grown as a writer by mak­ing my writ­ing a lot bet­ter and I also think I made change to make it bet­ter. I think that revis­ing is impor­tant because it can make your writ­ing a lot better.

Sin­cere­ly, E…..

P.S. I LOVE Poppy”