{"product_id":"the-essential-don-murray-donald-murray-9780867096002","title":"The Essential Don Murray: Lessons from America's Greatest Writing Teacher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLessons from America's Greatest Writing Teacher\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Murray's mission was to demystify writing\u003c\/strong\u003e by revealing as much as possible about the habits, processes, and practices of writers. This book carries on his work and shows the evolution of his thinking by collecting his most influential pieces as well as unpublished essays, entries from his daybook, drawings, and numerous examples of his famous handouts. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKEY WORKS ON WRITING IN ONE COLLECTION\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting as Process: How Writing Finds Its Own Meaning The Listening Eye: Reflections on the Writing Conference Teaching the Other Self: The Writer's First Reader Write Before Writing Writing Badly to Write Well: Searching for the Instructive Line All Writing is Autobiography and more \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 years of work and wisdom: \u003cstrong\u003eTHE ESSENTIAL DON MURRAY\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon Murray on...\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eteaching writing as process, not product\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Instead of teaching finished writing, we should teach unfinished writing, and glory in its unfinishedness. We work with language in action. We share with our students the continual excitement of choosing one word instead of another, of searching for the one true word. This is not a question of correct or incorrect, of etiquette or custom. This is a matter of far higher importance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eunderstanding the writing process\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The process of making meaning with written language can not be understood by looking backward from a finished page. Process can not be inferred from product any more than a pig can be inferred from a sausage. It is possible, however, for us to follow the process forward from blank page to final draft and learn something of what happens.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eknowing the writer within\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There is always magic in this for me, and wonder because I do not know what I am going to say until it is said. The writer within is always a stranger, with a grin, a top hat and long, quick fingers which produce what was not there before. I shall never know this magic man well, although he has been with me for sixty years. He entices me with his capacity for surprise.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edoing the work of writing\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Writing is primarily not a matter of talent, of dedication, of vision, of vocabulary, of style, but simply a matter of sitting. The writer is a person who writes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e To request this title as a Desk\/Exam copy, click here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0867096004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780867096002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.52w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 250","brand":"Donald Murray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994170818815,"sku":"9780867096002","price":41.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92616c59-b66d-4d86-b27a-e3f0672076d6.jpg?v=1683328547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essential-don-murray-donald-murray-9780867096002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}