Writer's Block

Author: Mike Rose
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809386909
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Writer’s block is more than a mere matter of discomfort and missed deadlines; sustained experiences of writer’s block may influence academic success and career choices. Writers in the business world, professional writers, and students all have known this most common and least studied problem with the composing process. Mike Rose, however, sees it as a limitable problem that can be precisely analyzed and remedied through instruction and tutorial programs. Rose defines writer’s block as “an inability to begin or continue writing for reasons other than a lack of skill or commitment,” which is measured by “passage of time with limited productive involvement in the writing task.” He applies insights of cognitive psychology to reveal dimensions of the problem never before examined. In his three-faceted approach, Rose develops and administers a questionnaire to identify writers experiencing both high and low degrees of blocking; through stimulated recall he examines the composing processes of these writers; and he proposes a cognitive conceptualization of writer’s block and of the composing process. In drawing up his model, Rose delineates many cognitive errors that cause blocking, such as inflexible rules or conflicting planning strategies. He also discusses the practices and strategies that promote effective composition. The reissue of this classic study of writer’s block includes a new preface by the author that advocates more mixed-methods research in rhetoric and composition, details how he conducted his writer’s block study, and discusses how his approach to a study like this would be different if conducted today.

Unstuck

Author: Jane Anne Staw
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466826037
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
None of us is immune to writer's block. From well-known novelists to students, associates in business and law firms, and even those who struggle to sit down to write personal correspondence or journal entries -- everyone who writes has experienced either brief moments or longer periods when the words simply won't come. In Unstuck, poet, author and writing coach Jane Anne Staw uncovers the reasons we get blocked - from practical to emotional, and many in between - and offers powerful ways to get writing again. Based on her experiences working with writers as well as her own struggle with writer's block, Staw provides comfort and encouragement, along with effective strategies for working through this common yet vexing problem. Topics include: understanding what's behind the block * handling anxiety and fear * carving out time and space to write * clearing out old beliefs and doubts * techniques to relax and begin * managing your expectations as well as those of family and friends * experimenting with genre, voice, and subject matter * defusing the emotional traps that sabotage progress and success * ending the struggle and regaining confidence and freedom by finding your true voice - and using it. Writers of all levels will find solace, support, and help in this book, leading them to an even deeper connection with their work and more productivity on the page.

The Writers Ropes

Author: Victoria Purdie
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291760830
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 181

Book Description
Everything you need to know to begin your writing journey either as a hobby or career

5 Words to Overcome Writers Block: A Journey for the Sick and Twisted Mind

Author: Alex Willis
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105335607
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
There are two sides to every story, any good writer can tell you that. Well, we took this quite literally. Our writers were struggling with writers blocks on their individual books and needed to find a way to get past it. What they did was as unusual as this book. First, they took a scientific approach to understanding the reason for the block and identified methods to modify the causes. Second, they exercised their minds by free telling (stories without regard to decency, spelling or grammar). As our authors are humorists, the stories are intended to be funny. You can clearly see how the stories morph as the writers blocks decrease. Now, this book is split, in hard copy it makes more sense, on the left side of the book which is seen by the right and free thinking part of the brain are the crazy stories, on the other side of the book is the science of overcoming writers block. This book is not for the weak of heart and the content is intended strictly for a mature audience.

The Writer's Hustle

Author: Joey Franklin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350160776
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
The Writer's Hustle is a comprehensive guide to all the things successful writers do when they're not sitting at the keyboard. Drawing on wisdom from dozens of experienced authors, professors, students, and other writing professionals, this book offers pragmatic and systematic advice on the everyday professional practices that make up a writer's life. In ten chapters, Franklin covers the full arc of a writer's professional development, from setting goals and establishing a routine, to mastering writing groups and workshops, earning a mentor, and becoming a literary citizen. He explores strategies for attending conferences, finishing projects, submitting work, and maintaining a life-long writing habit, and he examines the potential benefits of a formal creative writing education, including a close look at how creative writing students can leverage their liberal arts training into a wide range of careers. Informative and personal, The Writer's Hustle is an ideal companion for university students, recent graduates, and independent enthusiasts-anyone looking to cultivate the creativity, discipline, humility, and grit that every writer needs to flourish.

The Writer

Author: Nijay K. Gupta
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725292262
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Students are expected to research and write, but they aren’t always taught how to do these things well. The Writer walks through Nijay K. Gupta’s approach to and best practices for becoming an effective and efficient writer in biblical studies. He handles a wide spectrum of issues from idea conception to research and note-taking to book proposals and contracts to working with publishers and more. Gupta shares his own publishing autobiography, offering the chance for aspiring writers to learn from the ups and downs of his experiences.

Write Your Own Autobiography

Author: Natalie M. Rosinsky
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0756535255
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Explains how to write an autobiography, discussing such elements as setting, character, point of view, and plot, and contains examples from successful books and profiles of notable authors.

The Writer's Home Companion

Author: Joan Bolker
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805048933
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Compiled and edited by a professor of writing with more than thirty years' experience, this book offers a collection of essays and exercises to aid writers. Among the contributors are Keats, Hemingway, B.F. Skinner and George Bernard Shaw.

The Writer's Internet

Author: Sarah-Beth Watkins
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780997841
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 123

Book Description
The Writer's Internet is a book aimed at writers who want to get the best out of the Internet but don't know how. Written in an easy-to-read and friendly style, it demystifies the World Wide Web and makes it more accessible to writers. The Writer's Internet is the essential guide to the World Wide Web for writers and authors. ,

Changing Minds

Author: Roger Kreuz
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262353547
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
Why language ability remains resilient and how it shapes our lives. We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our constant companion throughout our lifetime, even as we age. Indeed, compared with other aspects of cognition, language seems to be fairly resilient through the process of aging. In Changing Minds, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts examine how aging affects language—and how language affects aging. Kreuz and Roberts report that what appear to be changes in an older person's language ability are actually produced by declines in such other cognitive processes as memory and perception. Some language abilities, including vocabulary size and writing ability, may even improve with age. And certain language activities—including reading fiction and engaging in conversation—may even help us live fuller and healthier lives. Kreuz and Roberts explain the cognitive processes underlying our language ability, exploring in particular how changes in these processes lead to changes in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They consider, among other things, the inability to produce a word that's on the tip of your tongue—and suggest that the increasing incidence of this with age may be the result of a surfeit of world knowledge. For example, older people can be better storytellers, and (something to remember at a family reunion) their perceived tendency toward off-topic verbosity may actually reflect communicative goals.