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Myths About Writing: An Introduction | |
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A Troubleshooting Guide to Prewriting | |
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"I Don't Know What to Write." | |
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"How Do I Write a Thesis?" | |
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"How Do I Get My Ideas to Fit Together?" | |
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A Troubleshooting Guide to Drafting | |
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"I Know What I Want to Say, But I Can't Say It." | |
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"I'm Having Trouble With My Introduction." | |
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"How Do I Back Up What I Say?" | |
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"I Don't Know How To End." | |
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"I Can't Think of the Right Word." | |
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A Troubleshooting Guide to Revising | |
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"I Thought my Draft was Better Than This." | |
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"I Don't Know What to Change." | |
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"Is It Cheating if Someone Helps Me?" | |
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"My Ideas Seem All Mixed Up." | |
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"My Draft is too Short." | |
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"My Draft is too Long." | |
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"My Writing Seems Boring." | |
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"My Writing Sounds Choppy." | |
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A Troubleshooting Guide to Editing | |
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"I Don't Find My Mistakes." | |
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"I Used a Period and a Capital Letter, So Why Isn't This a Sentence?" | |
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"How Can This be a Run-on or a Comma Splice? It's Not Even Long." | |
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"It is I; It is Me-What's the Difference?" | |
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"How do I Know Which Verb Form to Use?" | |
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"I'm Unsure About Modifiers." | |
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"Can't I Just Place a Comma Wherever I Pause?" | |
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"What if I Want to Quote Somebody?" | |
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"I Have Trouble with Apostrophes." | |
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"I Never Know What to Capitalize." | |
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"I Can't Spell." | |
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A Troubleshooting Guide to Research | |
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"How Do I Find Good Sources-and Why Do I Need Them?" | |
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"What Do I Do with the Sources I Find?" | |
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"What Does an Essay With Sources Look Like?" | |
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Appendixes | |
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"English is Not My First Language" | |
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"I Get Nervous Writing in Class" | |
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"I Need a Writing Topic" | |
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Index | |