Discusses the prewriting process in terms of forces that affect prewriting, prewriting as rehearsal, and eight signals that tell writers that a piece of writing is near. (DD)

Notes that while faculty grumble about academic writing in a "publish or perish" atmosphere, many enjoy writing and its inherent discovery processes. Presents methods and suggestions that have helped the faculty/author publish numerous works on the writing process to invite others who publish to reveal their own craft. (HTH)

Offers the responses of the subject of a case study of composing processes. (FL)

Examines the reading personna of the writer and its functions. Discusses how a writing instructor, by means of listening in a conference setting, can bring this other personna into existence. (HTH)

Presents commentaries on Peter Elbow's "Writing with Power." Murray comments positively on Elbow's authoratative voice, while Hashimoto observes negatively that Elbow relies on generalizations and that his previous book will likely be of more use than "Writing with Power." (HTH)

Explains how the author has come to understand that all writing, in many different ways, is autobiographical and that autobiography grows from a few deep taproots that are set down in childhood. Shares some of his own writing as examples. (MG)