Writing about wirting : a college reader /
Elizabeth Wandler and Doug Downs
- Second Edition.
- Boston : Bedford/St, Martin's, c2014
- xxiv, 820 pages : illustrations ; 23cm.
Includes glossary and index.
Contents: Chapter 1. Literacies: Where do your ideas about reading and writing come from -- Chapter 2. Individual in Community: how do texts mediate activities -- Chapter 3. Rhetoric. how is meaning constructed in context -- Chapter 4. Processes: how are texts composed -- Chapter 5. Multimodal composition: what counts as writing.
"Your ideas about writing matter. Are your ideas about writing holding you back? What new concepts would allow you to prgress as a writer? Since its publication in 2011, Writing about Writing has empowered thousands of students to join Writing Studies researchers in investigating how writing works. You will explore "threshold concepts" about writing--central ideas that you need to understand in order to progress as a writer. As you come to a deeper understanding of these threshold concepts, you will be able to transfer this healthier and more productive understanding to any writing situation you will encounter"--Back cover.