In this provocative volume, Robert Nash argues for the validity of an exciting, alternative approach to doing scholarly writing that he calls the "scholarly personal narrative" (SPN). The result of 35 years of supervising student papers, theses, dissertations, and publications, this practical book:
• Provides an alternative to the more conventional modes of qualitative and quantitative inquiry currently used in professional training programs, particularly in education. • Features a very accessible presentation that combines application, rationale, critique, and inspiration—and is itself an example of this kind of writing. • Teaches students how to use personal writing in order to analyze, explicate, and advance their ideas. • Offers tips and guidelines for writing an SPN, using examples from students who have been successful with these types of writing projects. • Encourages minority students, women, and others to find and express their authentic voices by teaching them to use their own lives as primary resources for their scholarship.
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.
Reading Critically, Writing Well is designed to help prepare you for the special demands of learning in college, where all your reading should be critical reading-not only understanding what you read but also analyzing and evaluating it.
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