Here is what I have learned. Many many times a boy has trouble writing because most boys do not write for the fun of it any more than they talk for the fun of it. They talk or write when they have something to say and, having said it, they stop. They would no more rabbit on for the fun of it than the average girl would run laps around the track for the fun of it.
Sorry to Pick on you Kriston, but.......
I have to say that although I consider myself a Feminist, this does match my experience of 'most' boys and 'average' girls in school settings in the United States, at this moment in history (or herstory)
I don't run laps for the fun of it, and couldn't bear to as a girl, average or not, but I do totally enjoy my 'treadmill moments' as a grown woman. Of course the fact that I'm watching Xena Warrior Princess or BattleStar Gallactica might be sweetening the deal.
Even if this effect is totally caused by the environments we live in, this is the environment we do currently live in.
And she does point out that
Many boys will write very well if they can see a purpose to it, just as many girls will run if they can see a purpose to it. So the trick with many boys and their writing is to get them to see the fun of it and then put it (and them) to work with a goal that makes sense.
Grinity
