 |  Being A Writer: A Community of Writers Revisited Peter Elbow,
University of Massachusetts--Amherst
Patricia Belanoff,
State University of New York--Stony Brook
Feature Summary| Flexible Organization in Three Parts: 1) Creativity and the Writing Process, 2) Revising, 3) Important Intellectual and Academic Tasks Emphasis on Collaboration and the social nature of the writing process throughout, with Writing as Social and Collaborative, a full workshop on collaboration, and Sharing and Responding, Elbow and Belanoff's acclaimed step-by-step guide to peer review. Creative (not-your-five-paragraph-theme) Projects, from writing collages to interviews (in the research process) to letters to the editor (in persuasion and argument). In-depth coverage of invention techniques, with four chapters that cover everything from freewriting through performing writing in groups to initiating a public dialogue in writing. |
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education