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ERIC Number: EJ347049
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Dear Author--My Teacher Is Making Me Write This.
Duncan, Lois
English Journal, v76 n2 p26-28 Feb 1987
Discusses the following problems that many authors of young people's books share: (1) financial expense involved in responding to letters; (2) mail sent to the wrong address, with illegible return addresses, or without accompanying, stamped envelopes; (3) predictable contents, such as requests for information, material demands, or expectations of a personal reply. (JD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Childrens Literature, Letters (Correspondence)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Duncan (Lois)