{"product_id":"the-work-of-writing-isbn-9780787956790","title":"The Work of Writing","description":"Professional and academic writing is often seen as dull, dry, and as boring to write as it is to read. In The Work of Writing, Rankin challenges these assumptions by encouraging the professional writer to develop a strong writing voice and become fully engaged with the writing process, thus producing written work that is lively and engaging. This book will give academic practitioners and other professionals critical help in determining what to write, how to write it, and how to position their written works succesfully for the markets they wish to reach. Rather than a style manual, The Work of Writing focuses on the thinking, strategizing, and decision making that goes on in the heads of academic and professional writers. In doing so, it deals with the complex issues of purpose, audience, genre, and voice that all writers face. Drawing on collective experience of academic and professional readers as well as writers, Rankin offers a framework to help writers think about their writing in realistic, practical, and productive ways. The book offers specific examples and \"real-life\" scenarios that are familiar to all academic writers--and by extension, to practicing professionals as well.  Preface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Work of Writing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Contributing to the Professional Conversation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Defining Your Contribution.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getting Into the Conversation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Maintaining Your Vision.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Meeting Readers' Needs and Expectations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Creating Signposts and Roadmaps.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paying Attention to Genre Expectations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Making Sense of the Conventions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dealing With Difficult Situations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Resisting the Temptation to Recycle.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Finding Your Professional Voice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Claiming Ownership of Your Writing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exorcising the Grad Student Within.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Making It Personal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Keeping It Under Control.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Starting, Revising, and Finishing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getting Started.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Learning to Like Revising.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getting It In the Mail.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Afterword.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Organizing a Writing Group.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Sample Book Proposal Guidelines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: A Few Good Books on Writing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  \"\u003ci\u003eThe Work of Writing\u003c\/i\u003e achieves its promise to support writers as they enter the professional conversation.\" \u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Department Chair\u003c\/i\u003e; Summer 2004)  \u003cp\u003e\"Practical advice for academics and graduate students who want to hone their skills and liven up their writing.\" (\u003ci\u003eBook News, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2001)\u003c\/p\u003e Elizabeth Rankin teaches English and directs a faculty development program at the University of North Dakota, where she leads writing seminars and teaching workshops for faculty of all disciplines. She is a consultant-evaluator for the National Council of Writing Program Administrators.  No matter what the writing assignment-journal article, executive summary, grant proposal, curriculum guide, or consultant's report— \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Writing\u003c\/i\u003e will serve as an invaluable aid for faculty and professionals who need to hone their writing skills. In this book, Elizabeth Rankin draws on her years of experience as a leader of academic writing groups and shares a wealth of scenarios from actual writing experiences. These helpful stories speak to complex issues of audience, purpose, genre, and voice that writers routinely address. Using the strategies found in \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Writing\u003c\/i\u003e will make the job of the writer more manageable, more productive, and more rewarding.  \"I admire this book and feel confident that readers will find it useful and a pleasure too. Rankin deftly chooses stories of actual writers and texts-stories that do a lot of work in a short space.\" \u003cbr\u003e — Peter Elbow, department of English, University of Massachusetts at Amherst  \u003cp\u003e\"Faculty and graduate students in all disciplines who are trying to write articles, books, grants, curriculum guides, or other professional documents, will find Rankin's book an imaginative, sensible, and practical guide to strategizing, organizing, addressing audiences, and combining creativity with convention.\"\u003cbr\u003e — Barbara Walvoord, director, Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, concurrent professor of English, and fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This most engagingly written little book provides a wealth of clear and useful advice about the writing process from formulating a project through planning, drafting, and revising it. Professor Rankin communicates this advice through a dozen intimate stories about writers struggling with articles, proposals, and books, and, with the help of colleagues, bringing them to successful conclusions.\"\u003cbr\u003e — Joseph M. Williams, professor emeritus, departments of English and Linguistics, The University of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990374891749,"sku":"NP9780787956790","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787956790.jpg?v=1761787571","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-work-of-writing-isbn-9780787956790","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}