Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Strong Writing and Writers Don't Need Revision" by Laura Giovanelli (@LauraGiovanelli). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Chapter keywords: ideal reader, revision strategies, revision, writing about writing, writing as process

Laura Giovanelli is Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Learning Spaces at Wake Forest University. Before she earned her MFA in fiction as a journalist writing for daily newspapers. Her personal essays, including one on pushing through writer’s block and writing as a writing teacher, have appeared in The Washington Post. According to her Google Doc revision history, she revised this article 19 times. You can follow her on Twitter @lauragiovanelli.

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