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Tables of Contents for Writers at Work
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contexts and Strategies for Writers at Work
3
50
The Context Of Business Is The Context Of Change
4
1
What Does This Mean For You?
5
12
Writing as Problem Solving
6
2
Finding Problems
8
1
Reading the Rhetorical Situation
9
4
Entering New Discourse Communities
13
4
Conducting A Rhetorical Survey
17
1
Once I Have The Big Picture, What Next?
18
5
Summary
23
1
Projects And Assignments
23
2
Three Problem-Solving Scenarios
25
1
A Corporate Scenario: Joining The Digi-Tech Proposal Team
26
10
Writing at Digi-Tech
27
7
The Proposal Format
34
2
An Academic Scenario: Comparing Academic And Professional Writing
36
5
Some Points of Comparison
38
1
Can You Tell the Myths from the Facts?
39
2
A Nonprofit Scenario: Proposal Writing At The Community Literacy Center
41
10
Writing for the Community Literacy Center
43
1
The Proposal Process
43
8
References
51
2
Reading the Context
53
48
Reconstructing The Rhetorical Situation
55
20
Putting It All Together
63
3
Scenario: The Mountain Trails Horse Center
66
9
Informational And Rhetorical Reading Of Texts
75
6
Reading for Information
75
3
Rhetorical Reading
78
3
Finding And Analyzing Problems
81
9
Finding Problems
81
1
Five Steps for Analyzing a Problem
82
7
Writing a Problem/Purpose Statement
89
1
Summary
90
3
Projects And Assignments
93
6
References
99
2
Strategies for Planning
101
48
Translating Context Into Action
102
2
Texts and Transactions
102
1
Plans TO SAY and Plans TO DO
102
2
Scenario: The Twentieth Century Case
104
8
Reading the Rhetorical Situation
104
3
Creating a Plan
107
5
Building A Rhetorical Plan
112
1
Turn Off The Editor And Brainstorm
113
1
Plan Or Draft, Then Rest And Incubate
114
1
Explain Your Ideas In A Nutshell
115
1
Build A Topical Issue Tree
116
4
Using an Issue Tree to Organize Brainstorming
116
3
Using an Issue Tree to Develop Details
119
1
Using an Issue Tree to Extend a First Draft
120
1
Collaborative Planning
120
19
Three Principles of Collaborative Planning
121
1
The Role of the Planner
122
1
The Role of the Supporter
123
1
An Example of Collaborative Planning
124
2
Using Collaborative Planning to Move from a Plan TO SAY to a Plan TO DO
126
1
Plans TO SAY
127
1
Plans TO DO
128
3
Using the Blackboard to Prompt Planning
131
1
Using Questions to Support a Planner
132
1
Adapting Collaborative Planning to a Particular Problem
133
1
The Place of Conflict in Collaboration
133
5
Reflecting on Your Own Strategies
138
1
Summary
139
1
Projects And Assignments
140
7
References
147
2
Turning Plans into Drafts
149
46
Writing When The Pressure Is On
150
1
Deciding To Write Or Speak
151
3
Building Texts: Following Examples And Designing From Scratch
154
1
Recycling Boilerplate Text
155
1
Imitating A Specific Text
156
1
Following Models
157
7
Designing Your Own Model
164
1
Using Text Moves To Develop Ideas
165
21
Organize the Text Around Your Key Points
166
6
Arrange Ideas from General to Particular (or Vice-versa)
172
2
Use a Standard Rhetorical Pattern to Connect Ideas
174
4
Construct an Argument with Claims and Evidence
178
4
Read and Write for Rhetorical Moves
182
2
Develop Prose from Graphic Ideas
184
2
When A Written Draft Invites A Spoken Text
186
2
Finding The Gist To Develop An Oral Presentation
188
2
Summary
190
1
Projects And Assignments
191
2
References
193
2
Evaluating and Testing as You Revise
195
44
Imagining A Reader's Response
196
1
Look For Writer-Based Prose
197
7
Narrative Organization
202
1
The ``I'' Focus
202
1
Survey Form or Textbook Organization
203
1
Test Your Text For A Reader-Based Structure
204
6
Does Your Text Reflect Your Plans?
204
1
Cues That Reveal Your Plans to Your Readers
205
3
Did You Keep Your Promises?
208
2
Check Your Text Against Local And Global Conventions
210
12
Five Local Conventions
211
7
Two Global Conventions
218
4
Test A Draft With A Reader Review
222
13
Steps for Designing and Running a Reader Review
223
4
Practical Advice for Getting the Most from Your Reviews
227
1
Examples of Tests
228
2
Examples from Students
230
5
Summary
235
1
Projects And Assignments
236
1
References
237
2
Working with Others
239
36
Taking Stock Of Your Collaborative Experience
240
1
Do Writers Collaborate In Professional Settings?
241
2
What Is Your Collaborative Experience?
243
2
Group-Authored Texts
244
1
Single-Authored Texts
244
1
Making Collaboration Work For You
245
1
Decide On The Roles For Your Group And Yourself
246
2
Set An Agenda And Link Communication With Decision Making
248
4
Set Project Goals
249
1
Make and Carry Out a Plan
250
1
Decide on a Communication Loop and Process for Making Decisions
251
1
Participate Flexibly And Strategically In A Working Group
252
3
Use The Tools Of Strategic Planning And Project Management
255
11
Reflect And Act On Your Progress, Conflicts, And Ethics
266
3
The Ethics of Conflict
266
2
Groupthink and Ethical Action
268
1
Summary
269
1
Projects And Assignments
270
3
References
273
2
Models for Writing
275
56
What Are The Common Forms?
276
1
Why Do People Choose One Form Over Another?
277
2
Short Correspondence
279
12
Memoranda
279
1
Letters
280
11
Reports
291
16
Technical Reports
291
4
Feasibility Reports
295
9
Progress Reports
304
3
Annual Reports
307
1
Proposals
307
14
Directions, Procedures, And Handbooks
321
9
Summary
330
1
References
330
1
Tools for Writers
331
46
Document Design
332
6
Strategies
333
5
Graphic Design
338
10
Strategies
338
10
Formal Oral Presentations
348
9
Informal Presentations---Conversation And Active Listening
357
3
Information-Gathering Interviews
360
13
Steps in Preparing and Completing an Interview
362
11
Writer's Block
373
2
Summary
375
1
Projects And Assignments
376
1
References
376
1
Credits And Acknowledgments
377
2
Index
379