Janet C. Richards, Sharon K. Miller

"...a helpful book that students, practitioners, and faculty will find inviting and interesting. And perhaps, as the authors hope, the readers of the book will become avid writers, who keep in mind the audience for which they are writing."—Journal of College Student Development"Janet C. Richards and Sharon K. Miller have written a long-needed text that should be read by those entering the profession, those within the discipline of composition studies, and anyone interested in learning about writing....The authors write with both clarity and grace....The writing itself is a model of effective personal academic prose...demonstrating how we can combine the two languages of our profession."—Donald M. MurrayFrom the Foreword"I find this book scholarly, humane, readable, appropriate, and engaging. It draws me (and any reader) back into writing and caring about writing as a central bastion of a democratic, social, and ethical consciousness."—Leah C. FowlerUniversity of Lethbridge

• Contents: D.M. Murray, Foreword. Preface. Seeing Ourselves as Writers: A Process of Personal Discovery. Types and Purposes of Academic Writing. Invention. Drafting. Revision: The Heart of Writing. Editing. Integrating the Personal and the Professional.

Janet C. Richards, Sharon K. Miller

"...a helpful book that students, practitioners, and faculty will find inviting and interesting. And perhaps, as the authors hope, the readers of the book will become avid writers, who keep in mind the audience for which they are writing."—Journal of College Student Development"Janet C. Richards and Sharon K. Miller have written a long-needed text that should be read by those entering the profession, those within the discipline of composition studies, and anyone interested in learning about writing....The authors write with both clarity and grace....The writing itself is a model of effective personal academic prose...demonstrating how we can combine the two languages of our profession."—Donald M. MurrayFrom the Foreword"I find this book scholarly, humane, readable, appropriate, and engaging. It draws me (and any reader) back into writing and caring about writing as a central bastion of a democratic, social, and ethical consciousness."—Leah C. FowlerUniversity of Lethbridge

• Contents: D.M. Murray, Foreword. Preface. Seeing Ourselves as Writers: A Process of Personal Discovery. Types and Purposes of Academic Writing. Invention. Drafting. Revision: The Heart of Writing. Editing. Integrating the Personal and the Professional.

Janet C. Richards, Sharon K. Miller

"...a helpful book that students, practitioners, and faculty will find inviting and interesting. And perhaps, as the authors hope, the readers of the book will become avid writers, who keep in mind the audience for which they are writing."—Journal of College Student Development"Janet C. Richards and Sharon K. Miller have written a long-needed text that should be read by those entering the profession, those within the discipline of composition studies, and anyone interested in learning about writing....The authors write with both clarity and grace....The writing itself is a model of effective personal academic prose...demonstrating how we can combine the two languages of our profession."—Donald M. MurrayFrom the Foreword"I find this book scholarly, humane, readable, appropriate, and engaging. It draws me (and any reader) back into writing and caring about writing as a central bastion of a democratic, social, and ethical consciousness."—Leah C. FowlerUniversity of Lethbridge

• Contents: D.M. Murray, Foreword. Preface. Seeing Ourselves as Writers: A Process of Personal Discovery. Types and Purposes of Academic Writing. Invention. Drafting. Revision: The Heart of Writing. Editing. Integrating the Personal and the Professional.