Discusses the need for would-be writers to undertake on-the-scene research to become thoroughly familiar with a writing topic. Relates some of the author's experiences gained through such "field" work. (HTH)

Describes research on the process of writing using a protocol analysis approach that suggests a writing model containing three major processes: planning, translating, and reviewing. (MKM)

A scientist explains the processes he uses to draft and redraft articles for scientific journals. (RL)

Questions the current expectation that writing theory will serve pedagogy in direct, immediate ways, because of the extraordinary variety and complexity of the writing process. (DD)

Discusses the life, works, and philosophy of a major "new journalist" writer. (FL)

Contains a short review of Jane Yolen's work and a short interview with her about what poetry is and what some of her influences have been. (TB)

Explores emergent knowledge of genre-specific characteristics of 20 kindergartners and 20 first graders when composing three types of genre stories, personal letters, and shopping lists. Finds that stories and letters were associated with conventional writing systems--genre characteristics probably determined patterns of association. Highlights…

Presents an interview with Julienne Coleman discussing her memories of homeschooling, her protectiveness of her younger brother, her very first book "Bubbles," and her writing process. (SG)

Defines adaptations as translations of another's ideas to new or changed circumstances. Outlines the three main sources for adaptations: dramatic, non-dramatic, or literary material. Details challenges of adaptations, such as deciding what to keep and what to leave out, and the need to capture the essence of the original. (PM)

Represents a departure from the current trend against abstraction. Proposes a new formalism for the composition classroom. Argues that, when it comes to representing written arguments composed in response to multiple sources, existing schemes of argument are missing important abstractions about how authors use the arguments of others in the…

Explores the author's experiences with freewriting. Argues that freewriting has gradually given the author a profoundly different experience of and relationship to writing. Concludes that freewriting is at the root of the author's sense of his progress in writing. (RS)

Presents an edited transcript of a panel discussion on ghostwriting. Discusses the process of ghostwriting books and speeches; the relationship between writer and "client"; the ghostwriter's influence on policy; ethics and professionalism of ghostwriting; differences between ghostwriting and speech writing; the authenticity of…

A writing activity for business communications students--developing an instruction sheet to accompany a familiar product--teaches them that writing is a process that helps in achieving a product. (JOW)

Suggests that adult literacy workers, as producers or consumers of research, need to become more self-consciously aware of the effects of writing in the construction of knowledge. (SK)

Using a group method in a creative writing course, the facilitator ("consultant") learned about group process, writers and the writing process, and the appropriateness of the method in educational settings. (SK)