Writing Without Teachers
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elbow, Peter, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, In ong>Writingong> Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write. His approach is especiong>allong>y helpful to people who get "stuck" or blocked in ong>theong>ir ong>writingong>, and is equong>allong>y useful for ong>writingong> fiction, poetry, and essays, as well as reports, lectures, and memos. ong>Theong> core of Elbow's thinking is a chong>allong>enge against traditional ong>writingong> methods. Instead of editing and outlining material in ong>theong> initial steps of ong>theong> ong>writingong> process, Elbow celebrates non-stop or free uncensored ong>writingong>, without editorial checkpoints first, followed much later by ong>theong> editorial process. This approach turns ong>theong> focus towards encouraging ways of developing confidence and inspiration through free ong>writingong>, multiple drafts, diaries, and notes. Elbow guides ong>theong> reader through his metaphor of ong>writingong> as "cooking:" his term for heating up ong>theong> creative process where ong>theong> subconscious bubbles up to ong>theong> surface and ong>theong> ong>writingong> gets good. marks ong>theong> twenty-fifth anniversary of ong>Writingong> Without Teachers. In this edition, Elbow reexamines his program and ong>theong> subsequent influence his techniques have had on writers, students, and teachers. This invaluable guide will benefit anyone, wheong>theong>r in ong>theong> classroom, boardroom, or living room, who has ever had trouble ong>writingong>.