Writing With Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process - Softcover

Elbow, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195120183 ISBN 13: 9780195120189

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1998

Synopsis

Writing with Power is a guide for the student writing an essay, the professional writer working on a story, or the manager writing a memo for a tight deadline. As Elbow explains, "Writing with power doesn't just mean getting power over readers. It means getting power over yourself and over the writing process: knowing what you are doing as you write; figuring out what you really mean; being in charge, having control; not feeling stuck or helpless or intimidated., I am particularly interested in this second kind of power in writing, and I have found that without it you seldom achieve the first kind". For the second edition, Elbow has written a new introduction in which he discusses in detail the "mysterious" dimensions of "Writing with Power" - voice, quality and bad writing, wrongness and felt sense, and sharing written work with others.

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Review

"Students for the first time are excited about being able to transform their thoughts into clear language with a new found confidence."--Alan Dernalowicz, Mount Wachusett Community College Praise for the previous edition: "Page after page, chapter after chapter, Peter Elbow gives direct and down-to-earth advice for beginning writers."--Teachers and Writers "A practical handbook for anyone who needs to write."--The Boston Globe "A valuable aid for those who need to write who are hindered by lack of tools needed to successfully complete such a task on a day-to-day basis."--Gary Douglas, WITC

About the Author

Peter Elbow is Professor of English and Director of the writing program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0195120183
• ISBN 13: 9780195120189
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 416