How a Writer Works
How a Writer Works by Roger H. Garrison, published by Harper & Row in 1985, is a concise exploration of the dynamics between students and teachers in the writing process. This 131-page book emphasizes the importance of flexibility, imagination, and spontaneity in fostering a collaborative environment akin to the professional relationship between a writer and an editor.
Readers will find that the book presents a modern take on the apprentice system, advocating for a more realistic and effective approach to teaching writing. It highlights the significance of direct person-to-person collaboration, positioning the teacher as a master guiding the apprentice. The text delves into various aspects of writing, including language arts, authorship, and rhetoric, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the study and teaching of writing.
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“Though it is brief, this is a demanding book. It assumes flexibility, imagination, and a certain spontaneity in the relationship between student and teacher. It also assumes a significant measure of direct person-to-person student-teacher collaboration, very much like the way a professional writer works with an editor. This is the apprentice system updated; it assumes a master (teacher) relationship to apprentice (beginning writer). In so doing, it may be ‘radical’ only in the sense that it changes the pedagogue-disciple relationship to something more realistic—and incomparably more effective.”
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