Purpose

To help students gain the insight that writers either have unshakable routines or processes that can change throughout their careers

Overview

The handout reveals that writer’s do not have one set process that works for the masses. While some writers share similar rigid writing routines others have a more fluid writing process. Each writer’s process is individualized. This pdf is 43 pages long.

Key Concepts

*Projective structuring- focusing on the audience as one writers

*Retrospective structuring- looking at the text thus far in making future development decisions

*Writer’s block- (Robert Boice) behavioral techniques—writers learning to set their own system of deadlines/demands and rewards can best help writers overcome writer’s block

Example Prompts

1. What kind of experiences with writing in general and creative writing in particular did you have as a student before college?

2. Do you write drafts in longhand, on a typewriter, on a computer, on a cell phone?

3. Can the piece of writing be paraphrased? How?