Writing Without Teachers

By: Peter Elbow

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Paperback | 1 September 1998 | Edition Number 2

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240 Pages

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In Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write. His approach is especially helpful to people who get "stuck" or blocked in their writing, and is equally useful for writing fiction, poetry, and essays, as well as reports, lectures, and memos.
The core of Elbow's thinking is a challenge against traditional writing methods. Instead of editing and outlining material in the initial steps of the writing process, Elbow celebrates non-stop or free uncensored writing, without editorial checkpoints first, followed much later by the editorial process. This approach turns the focus towards encouraging ways of developing confidence and inspiration through free writing, multiple drafts, diaries, and notes. Elbow guides the reader through his metaphor of writing as "cooking:" his term for heating up the creative process where the subconscious bubbles up to the surface and the writing gets good.
1998 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Writing Without Teachers. In this edition, Elbow reexamines his program and the subsequent influence his techniques have had on writers, students, and teachers. This invaluable guide will benefit anyone, whether in the classroom, boardroom, or living room, who has ever had trouble writing.

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Praise for the previous edition: "A wise and witty analysis of the process of self-confrontation and growth through writing."--Harvard Educational Review Praise for the previous edition: "A wise and witty analysis of the process of self-confrontation and growth through writing."--Harvard Educational Review "Its message particularly valid in this age of standard tightening. New introduction guides students to the relevance of theory and scholarship."--Gail Wood, College of Staten Island

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Introduction to the Second Edition
Freewriting Exercises	p. 3
The Process of Writing - Growing	p. 3
The Process of Writing - Cooking	p. 48
The Teacherless Writing Class	p. 76
Thoughts on the Teacherless Writing Class	p. 117
The Doubting Game and the Believing Game - An Analysis of the Intellectual Enterprise	p. 147
A Couple of Notes to Myself	p. 193
Works Cited	p. 199
A Few Books to Help with Correct Usage	p. 201
Reminders to Keep in View During a Teacherless Writing Class	p. 205
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