Writing without teachers
By: Peter Elbow.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Programmed instruction; Report writing -- Programmed instruction
Description: In Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write. His approach is especially helpful to people who get stuck or blocked in their writing, and is equally useful for writing fiction, poetry, and essays, as well as reports, lectures, and memos. The core of Elbow's thinking is a challenge against traditional writing methods. Instead of editing and outlining material in the initial steps of the writing process, Elbow celebrates non-stop or free uncensored writing, without editorial checkpoints first, followed much later by the editorial process. This approach turns the focus towards encouraging ways of developing confidence and inspiration through free writing, multiple drafts, diaries, and notes. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-203).