They read a
novel about life in urban America, they write letters to city council members and state representatives, the compile statistics to support their arguments in their letters; in short, they use their discipline - based skills of scientific
inquiry, math, literacy, social studies and health to do what people in the real world do — synthesize the skills and knowledge in a meaningful way.
I've got some exciting editing projects in the works right now, and with NaNoWriMo wrapping up, I've been getting a lot of new
inquiries about developmental editing — which is usually the service people need most after speed - writing a
novel.