| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 229 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
New writing viewpoints |
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New writing viewpoints.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction Negotiating the Personal and Interpersonal; Chapter 1 Considering Where We're Coming From; Chapter 2 The Workshop: 'More or Less Unfortunate Misunderstandings'; Chapter 3 Reflection and the Dialogic Self; Chapter 4 Response in Writers' Groups; Chapter 5 Teacher Response to Student Writing; Chapter 6 Negotiating Authority as Teachers, Models, Mentors; Chapter 7 Problems and Crises in Relationships; Chapter 8 Resolving Dilemmas of Grading; Chapter 9 Constructing the Practice and Identity of 'Writer'; References |
| Summary |
This book describes an alternative way to teach Creative Writing, one that replaces the silent writer taking criticism and advice from the teacher-led workshop with an active writer who reflects upon and publically questions the work-in-progress in order to solicit response, from a writers' group as well as from the teacher. Both accompany the writer, first as readers and fellow writers, only later as critics. Because writers ask, they listen, and dialogues with responders become an inner dialogue that guides later writing and revision. But when teachers accompany writers, teaching CW becomes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Creative writing -- Study and teaching
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Writing centers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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Creative writing -- Study and teaching
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Writing centers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847694393 |
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184769439X |
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128322478X |
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9781283224789 |
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9781847694409 |
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1847694403 |
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