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