How Writing Works

Jordynn Jack, Ph.D., is Chi Omega Distinguished Term Professor in English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Katie Rose Guest Pryal, J.D., Ph.D., is a writer and keynote speaker, an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an Instructor in the Creative Writing Program at Drexel University.

How Writing Works shows the process of writing through a variety of tools, projects, and sample readings. The idea of a toolkit is a powerful visual metaphor that helps students better understand the process of writing.

• Part 1 : The Genre Toolkit 1. What Is It? 2. Who Reads It? 3. What's It For? Part 2: Projects 4. Profiles 5. Analyses 6. Reviews 7. Argumentative Genres 8. Academic Research Genres 9. Workplace Genres Part 3: Writing Process 10. Creating a Writing Process 11. Developing a Topic 12. Prewriting 13. Drafting 14. Generating Arguments 15. Organizing 16. Developing Style 17. Revising and Editing Part 4: Research 18. Getting Started with Research 19. Conducting Database Research 20. Conducting Empirical Research 21. Avoiding Plagiarism 22. Integrating Sources 23. Citing Sources Part 5: Making It Public 24. Designing Your Project 25. Publishing and Presenting