Curious Writer

Preface. Acknowledgements. I. THE SPIRIT OF INQUIRY. 1. Writing as Inquiry. Motives for Writing. Beliefs About Writing. Exercise 1.1: What Do You Believe? Unlearning Unhelpful Beliefs. The Beliefs of This Book. Writing Situations and Rhetorical Choices. Habits of Mind. Start With Questions Not Answers. Suspend Judgment. Search for Surprise. Exercise 1.2: A Room Full of Details. Writing As a Process. Recognizing the Challenges Exercise 1.3: What Is Your Writing Process? Thinking About Your Process Linear vs. Recursive Models Dialectical Thinking Exercise 1.4: Practicing Dialectical Thinking Exercise 1.5: Overcome Your Own Challenges Using What You've Learned 2. Reading as Inquiry. Motives for Reading. Beliefs About Reading. Exercise 2.1: What Do You Believe? Reading Situations and Rhetorical Choices. Reading As a Process. Linear vs. Recursive Models. Exercise 2.2: Reading Strategies. Dialectical Thinking. Believing and Doubting. Exercise 2.3: Practicing Dialectical Thinking. Adapting to Unfamiliar Reading Situations. Exercise 2.4: Further Practice: An Adaptive Response. Reading Images. Some Strategies For Reading Images. Exercise 2.5: Reading Images. Using What You've Learned. 3. Ways of Inquiring. Opening Questions for Inquiry. Exploration. Exercise 3.1: Exploring "Migrant Mother." Explanation. Exercise 3.2: Explaining a Marketing Strategy. Evaluation. Exercise 3.3: Evaluating "Generation X Goes to College." Reflection. Exercise 3.4: Reflecting on Your Process. Symphonic Inquiry. Exercise 3.5: Creating Music with "Voice forBallenger, Bruce is the author of 'Curious Writer', published 2004 under ISBN 9780321277053 and ISBN 0321277058.