Writing Under Pressure: The Quick Writing Process - Hardcover

Kaye, Sanford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195052234 ISBN 13: 9780195052237

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1988

Synopsis

This book is based on 20 years of teaching at MIT, Harvard and working with writing clients in government, science and management, among other professions. The author's goal in "Writing Under Pressure" is to provide a book that combines an analysis of the process of writing with a problem-solving approach to enable the writer, whether in school or on the job, to get good writing done on time. The first half of the book presents a case study of a writing assignment with a close deadline. The second half of the book employs two levels of editing; a rough first edit to ensure clarity and a final edit for the reader's ease. The book adapts the system to exam writing, and group writings such as those required in committee work or in professional graduate schools. Finally, there is a writer's bibliography, including excerpts from the diaries, notebooks, letters and interviews of writers about the writing process and product.

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About the Author

About the Author:
Sanford Kaye is teacher and consultant at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also teaches in the Harvard University Extension School and is the Director of the Essential Skills Center at Curry College. He co-founded the Writing Program at MIT and was a former Director of the Sloan Fellows Executive Training Program Writing Seminars. In all, he has over twenty years experience teaching executives and professionals in business, science, and government.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0195052234
• ISBN 13: 9780195052237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 201