- Hardcover: 412 pages
- Publisher: OUP USA; 2 edition (13 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195120175
- ISBN-13: 978-0195120172
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,964,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Writing with Power is a guide for the student writing an essay, the professional writer working on a story, or the manager writing a memo for a tight deadline. As Elbow explains, `Writing with power doesn't just mean getting power over readers. It means getting power over yourself and over the writing process.' For the second edition, Elbow has written a new introduction in which he discusses in detail the `mysterious' dimensions of `Writing with Power' -- voice, quality and bad writing, wrongness and felt sense, and sharing written work with others.
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36 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It is in fact very simple: This book - or rather, an older, former edition of it - was given to me as a birthday present ten years ago. Ever since I have been writing. Writingwritingwriting. Today I am a professionel prose writer. Writing is how I make my living. I write fiction, essays, feature-, science-, and literary journalism in Denmarks leading newspaper. But it all began with this book. With its fine "questions to help you write about ..." (e.g. Is your problem a type of insanity? Do you need to take a pill, or to be cared for and nursed while living trough the madness). With its fundamental division between being creative and being discriminating. With its very clear and - frankly - choking ways of presenting things in a way that can make you believe in yourself. I found the book here on the net, because I am going to buy it. My first copy was almost used up, when I lented it to someone who didn't return it. No wonder. But, Rebecca, when you are finished could you pass it on? Please. Someone else might need it.
Format:Paperback
An absolute gem of a book. Very detailed with step-by-step guidelines that teaches you exactly what you need to know, to take your skills with the written word to a much higher level.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Unorthodox & Helpful
7 Dec 2000
Format:Hardcover
In Writing with Power, Peter Elbow shares several of his thoughts on techniques for everyone and anyone who writes. Divided into several sections with titles of "Audience" and "Feedback," Elbow walks writers through every step of the writing process, including thoughts on relieving writer's block, sharing individual writing with others, and several different types of actual writing processes and revision. His unorthodox approach to teaching how to write is something that inevitably spills over into this book. Personally, I found this book to be very useful in my own personal writing. I never would have considered giving myself a set amount of time to get something done (and stopping when that time is over) or adding a dialogue to a serious paper. I would also have never given myself permission to "waste" my time on something as frivolous as freewriting to get my mind going. Writing with Power is easy to read and highly enjoyable. His suggestions are valuable and very applicable to every kind of writing. Elbow is not afraid to go out on a limb in his own writing, which only serves as proof that Elbow "practices what he preaches" - and that it can work in daily writing.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A suggestive, practical, thoughtful aid to writers
12 Jan 1998
Format:Paperback
Dr. Elbow augments the usual writing suggestions by exploring the impact writing has on the reader. He reaches levels of aid and analysis that can't easily be put into words, but rather felt. After reading this book I couldn't wait to apply this insight to my next professional document. I was also able to give clearer guidelines to my collaborators to improve the value of their feedback to me.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A sane, guiding mentor for an often painful process
6 April 1999
Format:Hardcover
Peter Elbow gave me permission to write and helped shut down the internal editors in my head. If you're stuck, read this book. He's the best writing teacher I've never had!
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