Argues that students in college composition courses do not recognize the need for revision, and when they do, they lack professional writers' determination to revise. Notes that word processing does not provide incentive or skill to rewrite. Explores the accumulative rhetoric of word processing as it is experienced by student writers. (RS)

Updates the list of classic excuses students make to teachers when their paper is late--this time in reference to the mishaps that may occur with a computer. (CRH)

Discusses word processing computer programs' potential to perform operations similar to those performed by computer assisted instruction (CAI). Suggests not abandoning CAI software entirely for the CAI potential of word processors. (RS)

Suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality. (MM)

Describes how teachers can use computer programs to combine the systematic coverage of a writing class with the individualization of a writing workshop. (MM)