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| Author: Peter Elbow
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $13.59
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 27791
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0195120183
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042
EAN: 9780195120189
Publication Date: July 9, 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
 Writer's block? August 21, 1999
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Elbow embraces Natalie Goldberg's philosophy ("Writing down the Bones, Freeing the Writer Within)." He stresses the separation of the creative process from the critical/editorial. The difficult task (for me) was breaking the habit of trying to edit while I composed. This book helped liberate my writing. I produced my dissertation in part thanks to this book!
 A sane, guiding mentor for an often painful process April 6, 1999
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Peter Elbow gave me permission to write and helped shut down the internal editors in my head. If you're stuck, read this book. He's the best writing teacher I've never had!
A suggestive, practical, thoughtful aid to writers January 12, 1998
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dr. Elbow augments the usual writing suggestions by exploring the impact writing has on the reader. He reaches levels of aid and analysis that can't easily be put into words, but rather felt. After reading this book I couldn't wait to apply this insight to my next professional document. I was also able to give clearer guidelines to my collaborators to improve the value of their feedback to me.
The best August 27, 1998
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
You want to learn how to become a better writer? Read this and do what the man says. Enough said.
A Powerful Book January 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
At one time, writing was slow and awkward for me. My college assignments forced me to write, but each essay and paper was an excruciating ordeal. Peter Elbow's book, recommended by one of my professors, turned my writing life around.
Writing With Power explains how the writing process works (and why it sometimes doesn't work). With those insights in hand, and using Peter Elbow's simple techniques, I began to write faster, more often, and less fearfully. And now, years later, I'm a full-time professional writer -- something that would have been unimaginable before I read Writing With Power.
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