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Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process
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General ReferenceWriting Instruction
Publisher Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9780195120189
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Published: Jul 9 1998
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
introduction, he offers his reflections on the original edition, discusses the responses from people who have followed his techniques, how his methods may differ from other processes, and how his original topics are still pertinent to today's writer. By taking risks and embracing mistakes, Elbow
hopes the writer may somehow find a hold on the creative process and be able to heighten two mentalities--the production of writing and the revision of it. From students and teachers to novelists and poets, Writing with Power reminds us that we can celebrate the uses of mystery, chaos, nonplanning, and magic, while achieving analysis, conscious control, explicitness, and care in whatever it is we set down on paper.
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