How We Write: Writing as Creative Design

ISBN-13: 9780415185875 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 240 str.

Mike Sharples; Michael Sharples

Opis

This is a guide to writing process, from forming ideas to formatting text. The book aims to offer a full account of the mental, physical and social aspects of writing. Topics include: 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.

Recenzje

'This book will help pave the way for a new trend in writing research/learning/teaching in the 21st century - International Journal for Language and Documentation

'Whatever kind of writing you have to do, bad habits are hard to ditch. Here's a chance to acquire some better ones.' - New Scientist Magazine, 20 February 1999

Spis treści

I. Writing in the Head 1. The Nature of Writing 2. Developing Writing 3. Constraint and Creativity II. Writing on the Page 4. Writing as Design 5. Planning 6. Composing 7. Revising 8. Being a Writer 9. Writing Images III. Writing in the World 10. Messages in Bottles and Cultures 11. Writing Together 12. Media Slip, Dynatext, Hypermedia and the Docuverse

O autorze

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.