Helping them meet their goal: Keeping them on-task

One certainly couldn't say that our magazine is on task 100% of the time. Nevertheless, at times this past fall and winter the Art room where we meet has been silent, everyone working away: selecting, editing, entering text, planning. As an adviser, I like to gently nudge the staff and ask a lot of questions to my editor. Mike and I have tried deadlines, demands, threats - and I tried them before Mike came on board 4 years ago. Such demands don't usually wash well with literary magazine students. They seem to be more the kind of kids who like to try things and see what happens. More fishermen than CEOs. For the adviser, the old adage is true: flexibility is key.