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Being A Writer: A Community of Writers Revisited
Peter Elbow, University of Massachusetts--Amherst
Patricia Belanoff, State University of New York--Stony Brook


Table of Contents

To the Instructor
To the Student
Writing Questionnaire

WORKSHOPS
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 Collage

Part II Revising
5 Drafting and Revising
6 Revision through Purpose and Audience
7 Exploring Voice

Part 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

Sharing 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