I hear colleagues complain about student writ-ing, my response is “But isn’t that why we’re here? Is it not our jobto teach them?” But a power differential between inexperiencedwriters and professional authors perpetuates the idea of learnersas helpless children. We paint narratives of new writers negatively,researchers refer to them by first name only in publications ratherthan last names as we would real authors
I think it’s a bit sad and should change. If experienced writers and teachers helped new writers by giving them tips and corrections, we would have many more new novels. This would also help the economy and create new knowledge.