{"product_id":"understanding-writing-blocks-keith-hjortshoj-9780195141368","title":"Understanding Writing Blocks","description":"Why do capable students and scholars fail to complete writing projects? What are \"writing blocks,\" and how can writers overcome them? Why are writing blocks more common for advanced and experienced writers who are not supposed to need help? And why are they more common in the humanities than in the sciences? Keith Hjortshoj answers these and other questions in \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Writing Blocks\u003c\/em\u003e. This book demystifies the causes of writing blocks, which are often ignored, misunderstood, or attributed to obscure psychological disorders. Hjortshoj examines blocks instead as real writing problems arising from specific misconceptions, writing behaviors, and rhetorical factors present at different stages of the writing process. In a lively and informative style, he defines the nature of writing blocks, examines their causes, and offers advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professional writers the diagnostic tools and strategies necessary for getting their work done. Although appropriate for any writing course, \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Writing Blocks\u003c\/em\u003e targets advanced composition students and graduate writers who are most likely to encounter immobilizing obstacles, and whose experience supports the author's assertion that a writing block is usually \"an affliction of the good writer.\" Hjortshoj draws his material and evidence from extensive research, interviews, and consultations with blocked writers from his twenty-five years of teaching. Especially helpful to students working on dissertations and other complex projects, \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Writing Blocks\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the factors that undermine writing ability in a wide range of endeavors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Hjortshoj\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195141369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195141368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Keith Hjortshoj","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46617843171583,"sku":"9780195141368","price":102.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc6d240d-c960-4bfe-b50f-362beec244d6.jpg?v=1740068479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-writing-blocks-keith-hjortshoj-9780195141368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}