BEING A WRITER

Coauthor: Patricia Belanoff

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Writing Questionnaire xiii

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 Collage

II REVISING

5 Drafting and Revising

6 Revision through Purpose and Audience

7 Exploring Voice

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: Portfolios

IV Sharing and Responding

13 Cover Letter

14 Summary of Kinds of Responses

15 Procedures for Giving and Receiving Responses

16 Full explanations for Kinds of Responses - With Samples

17 Final Word: Taking Charge of the Feedback Process

18 Sample Essays

APPENDIX

Writing Under Pressure: Midterms, Finals, and Other In-Class Writing