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Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide-range of topics about writing, much like the model made famous by Wendy Bishop’s “The Subject Is . . .” series. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about developing nearly every aspect of craft of writing. Consequently, each essay functions as a standalone text that can easily complement other selected readings in writing or writing-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level. Topics in Volume 1 of the series include academic writing, how to interpret writing assignments, motives for writing, rhetorical analysis, revision, invention, writing centers, argumentation, narrative, reflective writing, Wikipedia, patchwriting, collaboration, and genres.

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Publié par	Parlor Press, LLC
Date de parution	18 juin 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781602358317
Langue	English

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Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing
Series Editors, Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky
Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide-range of topics about writing, much like the model made famous by Wendy Bishop’s “The Subject Is . . .” series. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about developing nearly every aspect of the craft of writing. Consequently, each essay functions as a standalone text that can easily complement other selected readings in writing or writing-intensive courses across the disciplines at any level.

Writing Spaces
Readings on Writing
Volume 1
Edited by
Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky
Parlor Press
West Lafayette, Indiana
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© 2010 by Parlor Press. Individual essays © 2010 by the respective authors. Unless otherwise stated, these works are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License and are subject to the Writing Spaces Terms of Use. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. To view the Writing Spaces Terms of Use, visit http://writingspaces.org/terms-of-use.
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Writing spaces : readings on writing. Volume 1 / edited by Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60235-184-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-185-1 (adobe ebook)
1. College readers. 2. English language--Rhetoric. I. Lowe, Charles, 1965- II. Zemliansky, Pavel.
PE1417.W735 2010
808’.0427--dc22
2010019487
Cover design by Colin Charlton.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
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For Wendy Bishop

Contents
Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Open Source Composition Texts Arrive for College Writers
Robert E. Cummings
What Is “Academic” Writing?
L. Lennie Irvin
So You’ve Got a Writing Assignment. Now What?
Corrine E. Hinton
The Inspired Writer vs. the Real Writer
Sarah Allen
Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis
Laura Bolin Carroll
From Topic to Presentation: Making Choices to Develop Your Writing
Beth L. Hewett
Taking Flight: Connecting Inner and Outer Realities during Invention
Susan E. Antlitz
Reinventing Invention: Discovery and Investment in Writing
Michelle D. Trim and Megan Lynn Isaac
“Finding Your Way In”: Invention as Inquiry Based Learning in First Year Writing
Steven Lessner and Collin Craig
Why Visit Your Campus Writing Center?
Ben Rafoth
Finding the Good Argument OR Why Bother With Logic?
Rebecca Jones
“I need you to say ‘I’”: Why First Person Is Important in College Writing
Kate McKinney Maddalena
Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?
Sandra L. Giles
Wikipedia Is Good for You!?
James P. Purdy
Composing the Anthology: An Exercise in Patchwriting
Christopher Leary
Collaborating Online: Digital Strategies for Group Work
Anthony T. Atkins
Navigating Genres
Kerry Dirk
Contributors
Index to the Print Edition

Acknowledg ments
When we began discussing the possibility of a project like Writing Spaces , almost two years ago, we immediately thought that we’d like it to resemble Wendy Bishop’s unique series “The Subject Is . . .” in approach, style, and tone. As we publish the first volume of Writing Spaces , we pay tribute to Wendy’s work and to the influence she has had on us. We were privileged to participate in “The Subject Is . . .” series, one as a co-editor, the other—as a contributor. We remember being intrigued by the possibility of essays, which spoke to students and teachers alike, illuminating complex topics in an accessible manner. We also remember reading “The Subject Is . . .” books, assigning them to our first-year writers, and hearing a somewhat-surprised “this is pretty good for a textbook” reaction from them.
Like Wendy’s series, Writing Spaces could not exist without the collaborative efforts of so many in our field, all teachers of writing who were, at one time, writing students as well. We appreciate the hard work and patience of our editorial board members in reviewing the chapters of this collection, and they deserve an extra special thanks from us for the helpful revision strategies and encouragement they provided the authors of this volume: Linda Adler-Kassner, Chris Anson, Stephen Bernhardt, Glenn Blalock, Bradley Bleck, Robert Cummings, Peter Dorman, Douglas Eyman, Alexis Hart, Jim Kalmbach, Judith Kirkpatrick, Carrie Lamanna, Carrie Leverenz, Christina McDonald, Joan Mullin, Dan Melzer, Nancy Myers, Mike Palmquist, James Porter, Clancy Ratliff, Keith Rhodes, Kirk St. Amant, and Christopher Thaiss. To our Assistant Editors, Craig Hulst and Terra Williams, and our Graphics Editor, Colin Charlton: this collection is indebted to you for the ideas that you contributed in its genesis and production, and the many hours you spent working to prepare the manuscripts. Thanks to Richard Haswell for the help he gave in reading all of the drafts and tagging them with the keyword system implemented on CompPile. And finally to David Blakesley, thanks for your support in publishing the print edition through Parlor Press, and the many great ideas and feedback that you always contribute to a project.

Introduction: Open Source Composition Texts Arrive for College Writers
Robert E. Cummings
Let me ask you this: which of the following statements is most memorable? *
A) Hasta la vista, baby.
B) I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.
C) I’ll be bahk.
D) From government to non-profit organizations, teachers to textbook publishers, we all have a role to play in leveraging twenty-first century technology to expand learning and better serve California’s students, parents, teachers and schools.
If you answered “D,” you might need to get out more often. But you will probably be proven correct.
Of course all of these statements are the pronouncements of California’s current governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. While in the first three instances he serves as a robotic killing machine ( Terminator 2 and The Terminator ), in the last statement he serves as a harbinger of a major change in the way textbooks are written, reviewed, published, and distributed in America (“Free Digital”). Long after the Terminator is terminated in our collective pop culture memories, the effects of open source textbooks will be felt.
The arrival of open source texts for the classroom is coming in fits and starts, but with the debut of the first volume of Writing Spaces , college writing students can now join the movement. Writing Spaces combines peer-reviewed texts, composed for student writers, by teachers in the field, and arranged by topics student writers will immediately understand.
What help are we offering for students learning to write in the college environment? Understanding the shift from high school to college writing Strategies for group writing Defining and employing stages of the writing process Finding real help in writing through an engagement with rhetorical concepts, such as the rhetorical triangle, or genre, or principles of the canon, such as invention Coming to terms with plagiarism, how the academy defines it, and how to avoid common traps Appreciating the role of argument in the classroom, and constructively addressing fatigue with argumentation Why you should use “I” in your writing Metacognition and the necessary role of reflection in a robust revision process Strategies for recognizing the natural role of procrastination, and how to defeat it Realistic conceptions of online writing environments such as Wikipedia, and information on how to use such sites to further the goals of composition Creative strategies for generating writing ideas, including journaling, conversation (face-to-face and electronic), role play, drumming, movement, and handwriting
If you are struggling with a writing project, we think you will also appreciate the organization of Writing Spaces . Through the use of the keyword index on the website, you can quickly scan the table of contents to find chapters which help with your specific problems. Once a writer clicks on a particular keyword, only the articles which address that specific problem appear; we will also have an expanded index in the print edition. This “just in time delivery” method for the help writers need not only provides clear help in the moment of composing confusion, but also places the concept in the con