Being a Writer: A Community of Writers Revisited
by Elbow, Peter; Belanoff, PatriciaEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2002-08-19
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary
Being A Writeris a brief rhetoric that explores writing processes with an emphasis on their variety; invention, with an emphasis on its playfulness; revision as a technique of invention; collaboration as a means of revision; and personal engagement in academic writing, from literary analysis to argument.
Table of Contents
Writing QuestionnaireWORKSHOPS Part I Creativity and the Writing Process 1 Discovering Yourself as a Writer: An Introduction to the Variety of Writing Processes 2 Getting Experience into Words: Image and Story 3 Moving from Private Writing to Public Writing 4 Writing as Social and Collaborative: Dialogue, Loop Writing, and the CollagePart II Revising 5 Drafting and Revising 6 Revision through Purpose and Audience 7 Exploring VoicePart III Important Intellectual and Academic Tasks 8 Reading as the Creation of Meaning: Interpretation and Response 9 Persuading and Arguing 10 Interviewing as Research: How Writers Write 11 Researching 12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
Part I Creativity and the Writing Process 1 Discovering Yourself as a Writer: An Introduction to the Variety of Writing Processes 2 Getting Experience into Words: Image and Story 3 Moving from Private Writing to Public Writing 4 Writing as Social and Collaborative: Dialogue, Loop Writing, and the CollagePart II Revising 5 Drafting and Revising 6 Revision through Purpose and Audience 7 Exploring VoicePart III Important Intellectual and Academic Tasks 8 Reading as the Creation of Meaning: Interpretation and Response 9 Persuading and Arguing 10 Interviewing as Research: How Writers Write 11 Researching 12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
2 Getting Experience into Words: Image and Story 3 Moving from Private Writing to Public Writing 4 Writing as Social and Collaborative: Dialogue, Loop Writing, and the CollagePart II Revising 5 Drafting and Revising 6 Revision through Purpose and Audience 7 Exploring VoicePart III Important Intellectual and Academic Tasks 8 Reading as the Creation of Meaning: Interpretation and Response 9 Persuading and Arguing 10 Interviewing as Research: How Writers Write 11 Researching 12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
4 Writing as Social and Collaborative: Dialogue, Loop Writing, and the CollagePart II Revising 5 Drafting and Revising 6 Revision through Purpose and Audience 7 Exploring VoicePart III Important Intellectual and Academic Tasks 8 Reading as the Creation of Meaning: Interpretation and Response 9 Persuading and Arguing 10 Interviewing as Research: How Writers Write 11 Researching 12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
5 Drafting and Revising 6 Revision through Purpose and Audience 7 Exploring VoicePart III Important Intellectual and Academic Tasks 8 Reading as the Creation of Meaning: Interpretation and Response 9 Persuading and Arguing 10 Interviewing as Research: How Writers Write 11 Researching 12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
7 Exploring VoicePart III Important Intellectual and Academic Tasks 8 Reading as the Creation of Meaning: Interpretation and Response 9 Persuading and Arguing 10 Interviewing as Research: How Writers Write 11 Researching 12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
8 Reading as the Creation of Meaning: Interpretation and Response 9 Persuading and Arguing 10 Interviewing as Research: How Writers Write 11 Researching 12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
10 Interviewing as Research: How Writers Write 11 Researching 12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
12 Reflecting on Your Writing: PortfoliosSharing and Responding Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
Cover Letter Summary of Kinds of Responses Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses Full Explanations for Kinds of Responses – with Samples Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process Sample Essays Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
Appendix: Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing
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