How We Write

Writing as Creative Design
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-18587-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

How We Write is an accessible guide to the entire writing process, from forming ideas to formatting text. Combining new explanations of creativity with insights into writing as design, it offers a full account of the mental, physical and social aspects of writing. How We Write explores: how children learn to write the importance of reflective thinking processes of planning, composing and revising visual design of text cultural influences on writing global hypertext and the future of collaborative and on-line writing. By referring to a wealth of examples from writers such as Umberto Eco, Terry Pratchett and Ian Fleming, How We Write ultimately teaches us how to control and extend our own writing abilities. How We Write will be of value to students and teachers of language and psychology, professional and aspiring writers, and anyone interested in this familiar yet complex activity.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharples, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One Writing in the head Chapter 1 The nature of writing Chapter 2 Becoming a writer Chapter 3 Constraint and creativity Part Two Writing with the page Chapter 4 Writing as design Chapter 5 Planning Chapter 6 Composing Chapter 7 Revising Chapter 8 Being a writer Chapter 9 Writing images Part Three Writing in the world Chapter 10 Messages in bottles and cultures Chapter 11 Writing together Chapter 12 Media slip, dynatext, hypermedia and the docuverse

Über Autor(innen)

Mike Sharples is Professor of Education Technology at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Cognition, Computers and Creative Writing, Computer Supported Collaborative Writing and (with Thea van der Geest) The New Writing Environment.