“Among the many books on the shelves behind my desk is a worn copy of Shoptalk by the master writing teacher Donald Murray. I discovered the book many years ago when I was working for the Teachers College Writing Project, and like other books by Donald Murray, Shoptalk became a kind of gospel, offering guidance, inspiration, and a vision to those of us who wanted to ground our writing instruction in the work that real writers do.”
?Vicki Vinton, from her blog, To Make a Prairie