Literature and the writing process / Elizabeth McMahan, Susan Day, Robert Funk.

CONTENTS

PART I : COMPOSING : AN OVERVIEW

CHAPTER 1: THE PREWRIING PROCESS
reading for writing
who are my readers?
why am I writing?
e.tc

CHAPTER 2: THE WRITING PROCESS
how should I organize my ideas
the basic structure : Beginning, middle end
The basic approach
e.tc

CHAPTER 3: THE REWRITING PROCESS
what is revision?
what should I add or take out?
what should I rearrange?
etc

PART II: WRITING ABOUT SHORT FICTION

CHAPTER 4: HOW DO I READ SHORT FICTION?
notice the structure
consider point of view and setting
study the character
e.tc

CHAPTER 5: WRITING ABOUT STRUCTURE
what is structure?
looking at structure
prewriting
e.tc

CHAPTER 6: WRITING ABOUT SYMBOLISM
what are symbols
looking at symbols
prewriting
e.tc

CHAPTER 7: WRITING ABOUT POINT OF VIEW
what is point of view
looking at point of view
prewriting
e.tc

CHAPTER 8: WRITING ABOUT SETTING AND ATMOSPHERE
what are setting and atmosphere
looking at setting and atmosphere
prewriting
e.tc

CHAPTER 9: WRITING ABOUT THEME
what is theme?
looking at theme
prewriting
e.tc

PART III: WRITING ABOUT POETRY

CHAPTER 10: HOW DO I READ POETRY?
get the literal meaning first
make associations for meaning
critical questions for reading poetry

CHAPTER 11: WRITING ABOUT PERSONA AND TONE
who is speaking?
what is tone?
e.tc

CHAPTER 12: WRITING ABOUT POETIC LANGUAGE
what do the words suggest
looking at poetic language
prewriting
e.tc

CHAPTER 13: WRITING ABOUT POETIC FORM
what are the forms of poetry
looking at the forms of poetry
e.tc

PART IV: WRITING ABOUT DRAMA

CHSPTER 14: HOW DO I READ A PLAY
listen to the lines
visualize the scene
envision the action
critical questions for reading plays

CHAPTER 15: WRITING ABOUT DRAMATIC STRUCTURE
what is dramatic structure
looking at dramatic structure
prewriting
e.tc

CHAPTER 16: WRITING ABOUT CHARACTER
what is the modern hero
looking at the modern hero
prewriting
e.tc

CHAPTER 17: DRAMA FOR WRITING: THE REASERCH PAPER
what is theatre of the absurd?
looking at Absurdist drama
prewriting
e.tc

PART V: THE EDITING PROCESS
Proofreading
correcting sentence boundary errors
e.tc

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. [ii]-vi.